well, the rains weren't so good for the pumpkin crop in Virginia - but we did manage to get hold of some beautiful ones! Lots of fun gourds, too - goosenecks, which will dry hard and can be oiled or made into birdhouses; and fun colorful decorative little guys for Thanksgiving tables. I will say that we have been really needing to keep them up and dry - the last few days of rain have put several to rot - but the deer seem to like those when we put them in the field - and maybe they will sprout next season...
The weekend is going to dry out, and we have a couple of weeks left til Pumpkin Carving in Scottsville! This year, anyone who would like to enter can drop their pumpkin downtown at Victory Hall on Halloween anytime between 10am and 5pm...we will have a nice place spread out, starting from Victory Hall's main doors, and going down Valley street as far as our entries will go! The rules:
1) Bring your pumpkin, already carved, to the drop off site.
2) Provide a battery powered light inside - with batteries - we are avoiding candles this year, please!
3) Fill out a card and number your pumpkin - their will be several fun prizes - we are still rounding up our local judges, we need 3 unbiased locals to help pick the winners.
Categories are yet to be determined...we will need to see what we get - but probably something like: Most Original, Scariest, Best Classic Jack, etc.
Be creative - maybe we will invent a category just for you!!
