ONE Pumpkin, Ah Ah Ah!!!

Continuing my new tradition started last year after buying my first house, I carved a Jack O'Lantern for Halloween. This year, I chose to sculpt Count von Count, the beloved arithmomanic vampire from Sesame Street.

I wanted to carve either a zombie or a vampire since both creatures are big in entertainment these days. However, a zombie on a pumpkin just looks like a person with a bad skin condition -- if you think about it, zombies look like the undead because of the shades of grey (dead flesh) and blood on their faces, neither of which are colors that can be reproduced on a pumpkin -- so I went with the vampire idea.

I thought I was saving myself some time this year by choosing a muppet instead of a human subject, but it took me just as long as last year's carving of Jack from "The Shining". Chiseling the monocle was especially difficult! Anyway, I think the end result is not bad. If you were a kid trolling for candy, would this lantern entice you to my house?