Happy Halloween

Yesterday Melissa and I attended what's become an annual event in my social calendar: Pumpkin Carving at Nancy & Karl's house in Acton, MA. This year there were about 25 or so people, more than half of whom were kids. Here's a look at the group's collective carving efforts:

[Halloween bonanza]

Here's my creation, below, and Melissa's, on the right. Sorry these are so fuzzy, I didn't have a tripod to hold my camera steady for the long exposure these shots required.

[image: photo of Alan's pumpkin]