And the great but not quite as great pumpkin that my husband grew

This one weighed in at 650.5 lbs. Not bad for his first time, I guess. He's hoping it lands him in the top 20 at the Durham (CT) Fair this weekend.

The Great Pumpkin lives at the Durham Fair

A new CT state record, weighing in
at a whopping 1,487.5 lbs.
(PHOTO: digitalamber.net)

Size matters: Grower Ken Desrosiers
of Broad Brook at the weigh-in
tonight in Durham, CT
(PHOTO: digitalamber.net)

Never in my wildest weirdest dreams did I ever see myself attending a giant pumpkin weigh-in. Yet there I was on the grounds of the Durham Fair, watching pumpkins and their people. These folks are intense!