Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 13 Entries. Saturday, July 30 View Page It's been a while! It has been a hard set of months since I last saw a pumpkin however there have been some very big 'ups' too, namely the birth of my 2nd daughter which has brought much joy - forever smiling :) Unfortunately, back in October 2015 we found out my childhood hero, role model who I had so much respect for and so very proud to have been able to call my Grandad had been diagnosed with cancer which put a dampener on the 2015 carving season for me. He lost his battle and was buried this week. It was my Grandad that started everything off in the pumpkin world for me. We visited Robinson's (Mammoth onion) back in the 90's and my Grandad bought me my first pumpkin plant. The plant grew lots of foliage but no sign of a pumpkin. Halloween was approaching and still nothing to be seen. Then I noticed one of the vines had grown through the trellis fencing and into the field at the back. Jumped over the fence and parted some long grass and there was a ball of orange. That sealed it for me I was hooked! Each year we would try and grow larger than the previous and the photo here shows him with me with a 763 lb that took first place at Peterborough in 2010. Little did I know back in the 90's that little pumpkin plant would link me up to carving pumpkins. Thank you Grandad. You will be deeply missed. Thursday, October 20 View Page First carving event of the season was spent carving along side Ray Villafane at one of his Villafane Studios projects in Germany at Spargelhof, Klaistow. An awesome guy and very much enjoyed the whole project. The venue and the German people were very friendly. Thursday, October 20 View Page One of my contributions Thursday, October 20 View Page 2 of my contributions Thursday, October 20 View Page The overall scene Thursday, October 20 View Page I didn't get to post many from last year so here's my winning competition entry to the York Maze carving competition Thursday, October 20 View Page 725lb pumpkin carved for Guy's Thatched Hamlet in Lancashire Thursday, October 20 View Page Perch for the owl @ Ashton Hall Garden Centre Thursday, October 20 View Page I carved 4 of these pumpkins for the UK DVD release of 'American Horror Story - Freak Show' Thursday, October 20 View Page Carving of a ghoul at my Blackpool Pleasure Beach theme park event Thursday, October 20 View Page Guess 'Who'? from my Blackpool Pleasure Beach theme park event Thursday, October 20 View Page Pirate @ Blackpool pleasure beach 2015 Thursday, October 20 View Page The whole gang together. The rest of my work is on www.facebook.com/totallypumpkins but I'll try and post a few as I go here. Tomorrow the carving marathon begins again.