3:00 snapshot #1105 plus zoo pumpkin carving contest

[urbpan]

The beautiful building in which I work, a product of municipal government.




I don't have pictures of all the pumpkins unfortunately--too busy carving mine to take the time to get good shots in the low light. I mainly wanted to get pictures of the people for facebook. This is the "Hooves and Horns" department.


Here's the "Bird's World" crew with their entry, which won the best in show despite not really being a pumpkin carving.


This is the Bird's World entry--the hummingbirds are made of okra with peacock feathers cut to be wings. The costa's hummingbird chick is a peeled grape in a carved onion nest. The ZOO 100 logo on the Andean condor feather commemorates the zoo's centennial.


And here's mine, a mandrill showing his teeth in an appeasement grin.


And this is how it looked on Halloween night, all lit up!

Comments

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

I showed your carving to the Unindicted Co-Conspirator. She immediately identified it. "It's Barbara Mandrill!"

But I love her anyway.

[plantmom.livejournal.com]

Yikes! And ha ha ha...

[didotwite]

Wow, cool!