World Pumpkin Carving Championship

Hello again devout WPCC Groupies As usual I find myself searching for daylight and motivation this time of the year, and my pumpkin carving enthusiasm melts like the hollow carcass that is rotting away on my deck right now. Thankfully this is a team effort and Leanne is on my case so you don't have to be! She has rallied the judges and compiled the results and we have some interesting findings this year, oh and a winner too.  We didn't go back and check the official records, but we believe this may be the first year that all of the adult contestants have received a vote for their pumpkin, proving that socialism isn't dead after all. I'm just waiting for the year that one of our young carvers takes the trophy out from under our noses with their agile little fingers and over-sized imaginations...  So congratulations to all the carvers for carving well enough to be distinguished from that of a child, and to draw the judges eye.  Congratulations to our back-to-back ...

Do you know how much does it cost for a pirate to get his ears pierced? Me either. But I bet it costs more than participating in this quirky little tradition we have of carving vegetables and taking pictures of them to send to friends around the world! That's right folks, you had all that much fun and it didn't cost you a thing, and I bet the entire time you were rolling those RRRRRRs, telling corny pirate jokes and threatening your friends and family to walk the plank if they kept it up!? By the way, the punchline is "A buccaneer". Every year the theme really brings a lot of diversity to the field and this year is no exception, so much so that I decided to include all the kids pumpkins (5) in with the adults (8) and see if you could even tell the difference LOL. A shout out to the family that flew their pumpkin in to be able to participate, I don't want to hear any excuses from the Southern Hemisphere any more!! More details to come once the pumpkin is ...

Time to dust off the carving tools, get a pumpkin and get carving!  This year's theme is Pirate Pumpkins .  Same rules as before, see past posts. Where did the pirate put his carved pumpkin? In his front yarrrrrrrrd! And the kids 'competition' will happen again - no theme required and no judging (publicly) but they will get their carvings posted on the world wide web.  If they want to pose with their pumpkins it is encouraged!