Happy Halloween!

Pierre and I carved jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.  It seemed pretty festive and, if we carve them tonight, they should still be fresh and sassy for Halloween.  I used a paring knife to carve the holes and an old teaspoon to scrape out the seeds.  Pierre had some really cool micro-saw like tools that he uses for pottery.  I think they both worked out just fine!  Here are the results.

The Pumpkins, pre-carving.

Arnold's pumpkin, the one toothed wonder!

 

 Pierre's pumpkin, with the shy pumpkin grin.

 

 The finished Jack-o-lanterns in all their glory.  A little candlelight made them look positively scary (boo!).



Happy Halloween

Halloween Urchin, Aquarium Society Show, Balboa Park. Credits to Chris for the handiwork on the urchin! So, from one urchin to another, Happy Halloween to one and to all!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! We stayed home to man the door but it was a surprisingly light crowd this year. Maybe it was the election year politics. Maybe it was people just feeling down about the economy and not wanting to buy costumes. Too bad...but, just in case, I bought Hershey's Dark Chocolate with Almonds so I wouldn't mind munching the leftovers. M&Ms as well. Yumm. Happy Halloween all and to all a good night. Oh wait, was that Santa Claus? Grin. He's getting chocolate too!