Gourd Fun (The Best Kind of Fun)

In the grand tradition of Kingston, Emma and I did our annual Artisan Pumpkin Carve.

Things started out a bit rough. I was slightly over-ambitious and tried to use my own template... of myself.

I also made this one of Louis le Chat:

Now, I'm no lightweight. I once carved the Mona Lisa on a pumpkin, and let's not forget my brilliant Johnny Cash Circa 2003 Pumpkin Materpeice. Both of those turned out splendidly, thankyouverymuch. However, Louis and I proved just too difficult to carve.

Life lesson: some things that seem like a good idea at the time... actually aren't.

I shall revisit this issue next year.

Anyhoo, after some rather frustrating (and highly dangerous) moments with the X-acto knife and the above patterns, I settled on this memorial pumpkin tribute to the late great Crocodile Hunter:

Emma did a lovely Harry Potter:

We were rather proud of ourselves.

Even though Faye's kitchen took a beating in the process and Emma startled Joey when she turned into a knife-wielding maniac

a good, and gourd-filled time was had by all.