Yesterday, after pocketing my new Katalox Albers (I figured the Afzelia Burl could use a little break), we headed out for a quick dinner and then to the Minnesota Zoo for their annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular. We’ve been going to this for a few years now and it’s a lot of fun. They have thousands of jack-o-lanterns set up along an outdoor trail, including a hundred or more larger, more intricately carved pumpkins.
There’s always a theme for the larger jack-o-lanterns. This year’s theme was “Seasons of the Year,” which I have to say was not their best theme, but there were still some impressive and interesting pumpkins.
There was a lot of wildlife.
I thought this rabbit (or is it a hare?) was probably the most impressive carving we saw.
They had most of the local sports teams covered.
There were some classic Halloween designs.
And some that were a bit more… unusual.