'Gourd' Time
We attended the Camp Sunshine annual Pumpkin Festival in Freeport on Saturday. Stacked on towers, lining the streets, covering the lawns. Everywhere you looked, it seemed, jack-o'-lanterns were giving you the creepy eyeball. If you are not a fan of the aroma of carved pumpkins, this town was not the place to be Saturday. With the band, The Ghost of Paul Revere, playing in the background, you could carve an orange gourd for a $10 donation to the camp and place your carved wonder among the 10,000 or so covering the grounds of LL Bean. Camp Sunshine is a retreat for children dealing with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Since the festival's inception in 2003, this event has raised in excess of one million dollars.
Elenka was bored.
I thought it was fun, spending time among the 'scary faces'.
We both enjoyed our dinner at the Broad Arrow Tavern at the Harraseeket Inn, however.
You see one, you see them all.
ReplyDeleteAll the Freeport outlets were lining the street, too.
Never got into a one.
Now the Tavern was my cup of tea. ;-)
what a great event!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Elenka. But, hey, a million bucks is still a lot of money. You didn't say if you carved a pumpkin, though.
ReplyDeleteHalloween has become the silliest holiday ever!
Great idea for a highly successful fund-raiser although it looks as if there were few expert carvers there.
ReplyDeleteWell, I like this because it's so exotic. Nothing much happens here where most people think it's 'American commercial junk'...
ReplyDeleteglad they are successful at raising funds!
ReplyDeleteI do love seeing them all at once...Saw the same thing in Boston a couple of times on the Commons...
ReplyDeleteNever seen so much pumkins ! That's a very american way of celebration. But i like the idea to carve one to raise money for kids. And I'm glad this is successful.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of pumpkins all in one place. I see some people painted their pumpkins black.
ReplyDeleteI would have enjoyed all the pumpkins -- Halloween has some very sentimental feelings for me -- barbara
ReplyDeleteA good cause and fun for the kids!
ReplyDeleteWonder what happens to all those (eventually rotting) pumpkins . . .
ReplyDeleteWell, since I really don't like the smell of pumpkin innerds, I wonder if I could overcome it for a while and take a photo or two. Oh, I know. I'll just thoroughly enjoy your photo instead! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI always liked carving pumpkins but Halloween isn't celebrated very actively down here. The Harrasseekett Inn is very nice . . . Elenka deserves it!
ReplyDeleteThey sure do Halloween big style Stateside!
ReplyDeleteNow that is a multitude of Jack-o-lanterns! I would have loved to have walked there with you.
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