World Pumpkin Carving Championship

Authored by the lovely Leanne this year! I am going to resist the urge to apologize for the late results. Anyone who has been part of this for even a couple years knows that’s how we work! Before we get to announcing the winner though, thank you to everyone for carving and voting again. This is the highlight of my Halloween every year. It was a very close race and it came down to the last votes (partly why this takes so long because we had to wait for all the judges and get a couple replacements! Love you guys anyway). Some of the kids were getting votes too – nicely done guys!! Just to drag out the suspense – a funny interlude before announcing the winner. For our own amusement, we started tallying family totals now that the kids were included with the adults. Sarah insisted that only families living at the same address should be counted together – something about it not being fair if my family had 5 entries (Me, our kids and my then quarantined Mom and Dad). Here is the outcome: Ashw...

Hi Folks,  Well I had a fabulous Halloween this year, we created a candy delivery clothesline, gave out shots of alcohol to the parents and jumped out of the dark to give people a fright. Joined by some lovely friends from the big smoke, the house was well decorated and dinner was hot and delicious when we shut down shop around 8 pm. The pandemic couldn't stop our community from coming together to create memories for all, I look forward to gaining a reputation in the neighbourhood as a house not to be missed! Complementing this wonderful year was a fun theme to elevate the chances of a child actually winning the trophy, Picasso Pumpkins! Leanne was able to wrangle a number of entries this year, many of our regulars came back for another year, and my friends also lifted my spirits by bringing their enthusiasm and skills! Best was when our pumpkin theme was actually recognized by a trick-or-treat supervising parent!! So in no particular order, here are the entries this year - kids an...