Friday, October 25, 2013

Pumpkin season, Part 3


 A larger than life pumpkin 

On our recent 10-day road trip, visits to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg were graced with pumpkins, cornshocks, crows and a few scarecrows, all designed to welcome tourists and entice them to stay and spend money.

We rarely spend on attractions or shopping, but I did get a kick out of the decorations and the people-watching opportunities that the pumpkin vignettes produced.

I definitely felt kinship with the enthusiastic photographers below. I wondered if, like me, they fill a blog with grandkid pix. 

Fellow besotted grandparent photographers

The toddler above cooperated fully with the photo session. Earlier I had noticed her toddling around, unfazed by some older children’s rambunctious climbing and jumping around near her at the autumn display.

She carefully picked a bright yellow flower, wobbling around until she found the perfect spot of grass for plopping down and studying her newly acquired artificial botanical specimen. 

The addition of a grandchild, even one I didn’t know, ramped up the fun of my people-watching moments.

So did Husband Walter’s antics in an outhouse a few days earlier on a morning walk in Gatlinburg. 

Hubby poses in replica of historical rural structure.





5 comments:

  1. phew! glad you said it is a replica... LOL.. i remember ours but it wasn't that pretty...the house i mean LOL again. that is one ginormous punkin

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  2. Oh, these are wonderful pictures!!! I am thinking that huge pumpkin is not real? And yet those crows seem to love it!

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  3. Ha ha, hubby looks like he is down to serious business. Hum, wonder why we never decorated our out house? Sure makes a difference.

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  4. Pumpkins bring out the kids and we who are in our second childhood. Dianne

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