SPEAKING OF PUMPKINS

[Pumpkin_Man]

Hi Folks:

Last weekend I took photos of the annual Harvest Days Festival we have every September, and I thought with all this talk of Halloween and pumpkins, that I would post a few pictures.

The bad news was that by the time I fnihsed my photo shoot and was ready to buy a couple of them, everything was sold out. Even the gourds and jack-be-littles were gone. Next year I'll buy my pumpkins first, then do the photo shoot.

Mike

[witchy]

Wow, they look great, and the price wasn't to bad either!! Thanks for posting them for us Mike. Sorry you didn't get a chance to buy one tho....I'm sure you will find the perfect one later on this season.

[Andybev01]

Nice pix Mike!

and I agree with Witchy, 5 bucks for a large pumpkin would be a steal around here.

[shanda]

Great pix!

I hope to go this weekend. I am not sure about prices around here. I am thinking that $5 was what I paid last year for average size.

We'll see.

Thanks for sharing!

[DemonSlayerMau]

That's a beautiful assortment of squash pumpkinman! Awesome!

[MacPhantom]

Sweet!!

[Ciuin]

Large pumpkins for only $5! I had to pay $10 the past couple of years.

[Pumpkin_Man]

I'm lucky, because a lot of our pumpkins are actualy grown here in Illinois. The town I live in is also surrounded by farms, and many farmers grow a pumpkin patch in order to sell the pumpkins during the Halloween season. They also charge a pretty reasonable price to boot.

I get paid tomorrow, so I do also plan to pick up a couple of pumpkins for when I start getting the house ready for the Halloween season. I'll be doing the cleaning this weekend, and then the decorations go up around Tuesday of Wed of next week. Additionaly I have 2 new strings of LED pumpkin lights and two new strings of LED skull lights to put up.

Mike

[Murfreesboro]

Your photos are gorgeous, Mike! They are certainly enough to put one in the mood of the season, if a person wasn't already there!

I think the pumpkins are slightly less expensive here this year than last. Mainly the $5 or $6 range, some cheaper. I haven't bought any yet because the hot weather just makes them rot (husband told me we hit 100 degrees yesterday afternoon in Murfreesboro). However, I have seen some beauties.

I usually look for a perfectly symmetrical pumpkin, but last year I waited so late to buy that all that was left were the oddly shaped ones. I learned then that the odd shapes can carve spectacularly well. I had one that was leaning back and laughing. It turned out great. So from now on out, I intend to look for one or two that seem a little strange.

[xtina666]

Thanks for sharing those pics Mike, they are beautiful!

[iHaunt]

Cool pics, Mike! Thanks for posting!

[Pumpkin_Man]

I'm glad you all liked them. I needed to do something to get into the Fall and Halloween mood, which is why I went out and shot those photos. Techincaly, the Harvest Days Festival" is allways held on the very last weekend of Summer, but it definately has a very Fall feel to it. I allways have a great time, and they have tons and tons of Halloween items for sale there, including some antique items that you would never find at any Walmart.

Mike

[iHaunt]

Mike, have you ever been there to the pumpkin patch at the farm? Somewhere else?

[Pumpkin_Man]

iHaunt, a couple of years ago, we did take my grand nieces and nephews to a pumpkin patch where they had a hay ride, a spook house and you got to go into the pumpkin patch and pick out yor own pumpkin. I went witht hem for fun and to get my pumpkins for that year. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, because I had to run a bunch of errands that day.

Mike

[digbugsgirl]

Pumpkins are probably going to be cheaper this year because it was a great harvest year. Last year was a very bad year and apparently there was a bit of a shortage. They said there was a canned pumpkin shortage, but I never noticed it.