pumpkin glow

Last night my brother Dave, his wife Barb, and her mom Alice went to Fairmont park to the The Glow—5000+ pumpkins in one place. Many were real (They spend the day carving and replacing), some imitation (the fine carved ones and sculptures), some painted, some even were animated with projection mapping.

Pumpkins were on the ground and hanging from trees like Christmas lights. It was a wonderful fall activity. It has little to nothing to do with walking. The trail was less than a half-mile. We probably walked further from the car and back.

I took a lot of photos but mostly they didn't come out. But then I expected that. The 17 minute You Tube video I watched helped a little. Who knew those settings were on my phone?

There were famous —mostly Philly—people lining the trails between "scenes". This section was historical. Others were actors, comedians, musicians, bands, ect.

The scenes were often Philly based like this section about mummers. At first I thought it was Mardi Gras, and then I remembered where I was. Of course the Mummers marching and dancing were skeletons. Others were historic houses, dinosaurs, and under/on top of the sea with cool jelly fish and huge sharks made of pumpkins.

My favorite was the winter area, where it was really snowing. The ground was covered and portions of the trees. The pumpkins were painted white and turned into snow people and snowflakes. There were snowflake pumpkins hanging in the trees.

And of course the the sports section was highlighted with the Super Bowl trophy—made of pumpkin of course.

 Of course, a carnival The ferris wheel was pumpkins, as was each game, and all the attendees.

This is just one of  many fields of pumpkins. The photos don't do it justice. (These are all real.)

All in all a great way to spend a night before Halloween.