Pumpkin Carving with the Balboa Knife

That time came and left again, you guessed it, that time of year when I get to bring out the Balboa knife and carve some Pumpkins.   I am going to write really big so as not to bore you with the details.  You're welcome!

This year we went to THE STORE and picked out the cream of the crop, not too big, but all with nice faces, perfect for carving.

 







We sat around the computer picking out designs, while Wife and I were gutting the pumpkins, the boys loved holding up the guts!

 







Then it was off to the races drawing everybody's pics on the pumpkins, this is Wife's choice, a nice little Frankenstein, I had to redraw it a couple of times to get it big enough to fill the space, but not to worry, I made it fit.



 











Here is the finished Jack-o-Lantern.  It turned out much better than I thought it would.  I think this was the best pumpkin of the year.  It was a ton of fun to carve, even with Wife leaning over my shoulder telling me to make it bigger, make it bigger...


 










Here is my pick for the year.  It is a simple design, but by the time  I got to mine, my hand was starting to hurt, so I figured minimalist should be the design of choice this season.

Here is is all lit up.  Not too bad, on Day1.  This guy did not hold up to the elements though as you can see in the pictures below, this guy aged something fierce.    I had to prop most of them up with toothpicks, just to get the shots below.


 












This is where it got weird, I thought these would last at least a couple of days, no such luck, they barely made it one day.  











From Left to right you have Momma Pumpkin, Twin # Other One Pumpkin, Little Guy Pumpkin, Twin #1 Pumpkin, and last but not least, Brig's Pumpkin.

Here is a photo from Halloween night, merely two days from carve day.  Big Scary in the middle became Big Happy, and my pumpkin shriveled up like an old man.    

Last year they made it four days, next year with all of this global warming, I'm guessing maybe 9 hours.

Happy Halloween!