but it is all I have for you today. I had really high hopes when I picked out the pumpkin, when I bought a bunch of tools specifically for cutting said pumpkin, and when I spent an hour or better photocopying, enlarging, and then turning all that into a stencil.

I had high hopes as I started cutting my gourd, I hollowed it out as well as I have ever seen a pumpkin cleaned. I scraped the pumpkin walls so they were thin enough to cut well, and also thin enough to get some light through. I had a couple glow sticks I pulled out of my Scuba gear so I had something to check it out with along the way, and then when I was done this was all I had. I am going to try again maybe tomorrow night, but for now I present to you.....

BARACK-O-LANTERN

P.S. I also learned that it is much more difficult to photograph carved pumpkins, the only difference between those two photos is the flash, and neither came out very good at all.