October 28, 2008
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Pumpkin House '08 - in progress
Took a little extra time at lunch yesterday and drove over to Kenova to check on the progress of Ric Griffith's pumpkin house.
I talked to the guy on the right for a while, and he said they started early Saturday morning and had about 1/3 of the pumpkins up. Plans are to finish up on Thursday afternoon so it can be on display over the Halloween weekend.
Theyre trying to beat last years record of 3071.
Each pumpkin is intricately hand carved and wired for lights.
The ones on this 16' X 16' wall of shelves will be lighted and synchronized to classical music!
This, when it's finished, is something that you really should see if you're anywhere near the Tri-State area on Halloween!
The link to my post on last years Pumpkin House is here.
Ric Griffith also has an equally impressive 50's style sodashop and pharmacy. The link is here.
Comments (23)
I like the "e=mc 2 " pumpkin.
Toasted pumpkin seeds are the best. The twins and I did shitload of them last year,and ate then
'em all too.
@jillcarmel - Look at my latest post for the finished pictures. Thanks, Jill.
that is neat!
I watched the house last year with your link and to know more I went to your Octover 18 post . All of this is simply incredible . What a work to carve and wire all those pumpkins !! Amazing !
In friendship
Michel
Figured I'd give ya another footprint in return.
@brittanymullins - I'll try to get a pic this weekend when it's all finished. If I can get thru the mob!LOL
Oh wow, I would love to show my little brother & sister all those carved pumpkins
@Still_groovy - I'm going to try and get some pictures this weekend. And yes, it is amazing. You should see at night, in person!
Amazing! Any chance there will be a picture of that wall when they get the pumpkins stacked on it?
Kathi
@SaadiaOnline - @angi1972 - There's usually 25 to 30 volunteers that help out, carving, running extension cords, and setting up the pumpkins. It really is pretty cool!
That's a gorgeous house, even without the pumpkins!
Does one man carve all of those pumpkins? or do volunteers help?
That's impressive! I wish I lived closer. My kids would love to see that. Does everyone in the community carve pumpkins to help them beat the record?
We're carving our pumpkins tomorrow night. I feel like I've gone all out when I buy three.
@stixandstonz - I'll try to get some pics this weekend, when it's finished.
@MooncatBlue - mmmmm. Me too. Toasted, with sweet cream butter!
@buddly47 - i wikes your new photo ... a hunk 4 sho ... that's a neat bunch of peeple to do all that pumpkin stuff ... one heart-stompin' pie fo' sho ...
Oh i bet it is a sight to see. I would love to see it.
mmmm. pumpkin bread.
@menskeet - They do donate the top, bottoms, and carvings to the local Habitat for the Homeless to make breads and pies and such with. 3100 punkins would make one huge pie!
totally kuhl ... where's that monster pumpkin pie? I wanna slice ... or four ...
@Ed_Kaz - I thought it might be, but I couldn't make myself take a closer look. I'm delicate ya know.
@buddly47 - I still see some traces of placenta on the front porch.
@Ed_Kaz - OOOHHHHH! I wish you hadn't even brought that up!
My that's frightening. I shudder to think what they put on the house on LABOR Day.
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