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First off, we are having indian summer here in Maine and just look at the beauty of a summer day in fall on the Lake. Got up to 80 degrees!

Off I went into town in MY CAR to see what was happening at Pumpkinfest. Ah, small town Maine in the fall. Here are a sampling of the pumpkins, and not to put too fine a point on it, but in my mind, pumpkins should be carved - not just painted. So, kudos to those who carved. I have not seen even half of all the pumpkins in town yet but so far Humpty Dumpty is my fave (even tho he is not carved.)

The Reny's Rockettes! No parade is complete without these queens of the dance.

Ok, this truck is going to get annihilated with the pumpkin cannon - 

here it is in the parade - but did someone misspell "victim??"  Big oops!

My little town. After the parade.

In front of the bookshop (and perhaps the author
of "victom" should spend a little time here...)

King Eider's always has a fabulous pumpkin!

And, here are some of the King Eider's crew - Hey Todd!

Ran into my friend, Sue. What? Doesn't everybody like to be snuck up on and attacked with a camera?

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And while I have the mic, what is up with these morons who think it is a good idea to bring their dogs to a crowded event on a hot day where sirens are blaring and horns are honking. You get the picture. Pet peeve. (haha-no pun intended.)


ADDENDUM:

Shriner dies after go-cart accident during Damariscotta Pumpkin Fest Parade

The Associated Press

Posted Oct. 09, 2011, at 5:41 a.m.
Last modified Oct. 09, 2011, at 11 a.m.

             

NEWCASTLE, Maine — A sheriff’s office said an Anah Temple Shriner has died after he was fatally injured when his go-cart toppled off a ramp and he was hit by other go-cart drivers during a pumpkin festival parade in southeastern Maine.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said 59-year-old Marvin Tarbox Jr. was in Newcastle in the Damariscotta Pumpkin Fest Parade on Saturday traveling over a ramp over a sport utility vehicle when the ramp apparently failed and his go-cart flipped over and onto the pavement. The sheriff’s office says at least two other go-carts hit Tarbox when their drivers didn’t realize what had happened.

Tarbox, of Hancock, was not wearing a helmet. He was taken to Miles Memorial Hospital, where he died.

Several hundred people were attending the parade when the crash occurred.

So sad, he apparently was a very nice man, according to other articles. We didn't know what was going on other than a fire engine was blocking traffic at one end of town and an ambulance pulled out of the parade and backtracked to the scene. I don't think anyone on the parade route in the middle of town was aware of what happened, thankfully.