Adventures in Carving Fruits and Vegetables

Our group's beloved "Ted" has recently taken an interest in Thai fruit carving. He brought some of his handiwork to class and we were all impressed. I, of course, became immediately infected with the fruit-carving virus, and had to begin my own journey in this area. We shall see where it takes us.

 

Mangos Watermelons Squash Pumpkin
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Doc's 		tedswatermelon2.JPG (99237 bytes)
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Doc's		 boston5.JPG (101937 bytes)

Doc's...special pumpkin for Kevin (our groups Red Sox fanatic) after the Red Sox made it into the world series.
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Ted 		    boston4.JPG (107213 bytes)
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Doc's entry for the CIA pumpkin carving contest 2004
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Turns out....I won the raffle contest where more people bid for my carving. I won a very nice fry pan.
       
    Doc's entry for the CIA pumpkin carving contest 2005
    I think my general motif is best described as, "disturbing."  Last year I did conjoined heads, this year I did cannibal-pumpkin. AND....this year I won in the "scariest pumpkin" category and received a VERY nice gift basket which included (my all-time favorite goodie) a pack of clove gum.
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