urbpan: (dandelion)
urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2014-11-02 09:31 am

Zoo Pumpkin Contest!

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Friday we had our annual staff pumpkin contest. The hooves and horns department portrait of Hondo the Ostrich came together quickly.



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Artist hard at work.

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Artist hard at work, with Security Guard photobomb.

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Not much happening over at this table except for some mean mugging.

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Here's my fruit bat pumpkin, done but for the illuminating.

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Bird's World's entry, a selection of important zookeeper tools rendered in gourd flesh.

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Lanandra's jack-o-lantern won the prize for being the most authentic representation of recent zoo events.

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This neonate primate wants to eat some kale.

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The Tropical Forest pumpkin is a tribute to Sigmund, who recently passed. The apple and turnips are grieving zookeepers.

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Admissions and Membership department won Best in Show for their voodoo doll pumpkin!

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Which you gotta admit looks pretty sweet lit up.

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[identity profile] meerkat77.livejournal.com 2014-11-03 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Great works. I love the fruit bat.... well, all those creative ideas all together.