Scarecrow-a-day #22 – Pioneer Days Volunteers

Here we are at Pioneer Days, the Elk Grove Garden Club members who were left at the end of the day. And we are still smiling after helping folks make 89 scarecrows!

It was absolutely as much fun as it looks like!

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Scarecrow-a-day #21 – A Veritable Feast

Door County in the Fall is a veritable feast (pun intended) of scarecrows and pumpkins. Here I am having dinner and discussing my blog with a friend.

Scarecrow-a-day #20 – Hockey Player

A scarecrow doesn’t have to be a typical scarecrow. This one from Hoffman Estate’s 2009 Scarecrow festival would certainly scare off those crows too. That is why we still make scarecrows, right?

Scarecrow-a-day #19 – Just About The Last Of The Pioneer Day Pictures

Yesterday was ‘OhWhata Wednesday’. If you didn’t stop by to visit the site, go back to yesterday. The American Beautyberry is gorgeous.

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Scarecrow-a-day #18 – My New Scarecrows

More Pioneer Days pictures tomorrow. For now, I just have to show you my new scarecrows!

Tomorrow is also ‘OhWhatA Wednesday’, where you can see what plant I’ve picked as my top performer right now.

Scarecrow-a-day #17 – Pioneer Days – Just Cute Kids (And 1 Scarecrow)

The kids, even scarecrow-less, were so cute that I had to devote a day to them.

My very very favorite cute kid at Pioneer Days, my grandaugher Alexandria.

And the promised scarecrow, kid-sized of course…

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Scarecrow-a-day #16 – Conduit Scarecrows, My Favorites!

More Pioneer Days pictures tomorrow. For today..

These scarecrow have a support system made from the metal tubing that your electrical wires go through. Mike called it thin-walled conduit. They were quite the project for us to build – and wow did they look good in our yard.

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Scarecrow-a-day #15 – Pioneer Days – Just Scarecrows

More pics from Pioneer Days

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Scarecrow-a-day #14 – Pioneer Days – Just Kids And Scarecrows

It begins! The first batch of Pioneer Days pictures.

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Scarecrow-a-day #13 – 1 Scarecrow, Many Quotes From Pioneer Days

I’ve almost got a group of scarecrow pictures ready from last Sunday. Watch for them tomorrow.

Quotes you wouldn’t hear anywhere else…

“Go stuff it” (Don’s favorite)

“I don’t want my eyes to match”

“I can’t find my legs”

“I want my whole face green”

“You’re sitting on my head”

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