One cranberry festival down, one pumpkin festival to go!
As I mentioned in the previous post, I found out about a pumpkin festival in Keene, NH. I'm all for pumpkins, maple-flavored cotton candy and little road trips, so we headed off. Keene turned out to be lovely and its residents are very enthusiastic about their festival. Here's Frances soon after our arrival and the pumpkin we brought to contribute to their pumpkin total.
She's actually in most of her Halloween costume in the picture above. I decided she was going as a racer this year, because she loves to run so much. Those are racing shoes and racing shorts she's got on, but when the time came she wouldn't wear her racing bib or her racing headband, so it's possible no one could tell what she was supposed to be. Oh, well.
Here's Keene's Pyramid of Pumpkins. All of Main Street was lined with 'em. Impressive.
Unfortunately, though we registered Frances's pumpkin toward their grand total, we couldn't actually get Frances to leave her pumpkin there. It rode right home with us. Hopefully, they broke last year's record by more than one pumpkin. Double "Oh, well."
Frances is learning quick. As soon as she realized she was at a festival, she started asking to get her face painted. Luckily, some high schoolers were willing to oblige for one buck. My kind of face paint. Frances chose to be a kitty.
Then we looked at a lot of pumpkins, contemplated a lot of greasy food and failed to find maple-flavored cotton candy. Triple "Oh, well." Frances chatted for the entire two hour drive home when I'd planned on her napping. Quadruple "Oh, well."
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