Pumpkinfest

By Pam, on October 14th, 2013

It's a week long celebration of the pumpkin in many ways. There are the usual tastings and recipe contests, a block party that closes the Main Street with local restaurants bringing their grills to the street and loads of fun stuff…face painting for kids and music for all. Even a parade to show off the winner of the heaviest pumpkin. This year it was 1700 [….read more]

a little more October

By Pam, on December 9th, 2010

We’re in the thick of mistletoe and holly but I just have to show you these pumpkin photos I took back in October. I went to Pumpkinfest, camera in hand, with you all in mind. The nearby– and normally low key –small town of Damariscotta gets revved up and puts on a great celebration of the giant pumpkin every year.

Even early in [….read more]