Tuesday, October 25, 2022

2022 Scarecrows Part III

Welcome, once again, to a scarecrow competition where I live in the Southern Tier of New York State. 

(For details, please see part 1).   

This was a free contest open to anyone.  Park goers would vote for their favorite.

Voting ended Sunday, and the winners will be announced on Friday.

Here are some more of the 50 some entries.  I had so many (and I'm not even going to show all of them) I had to split this into several posts.  Enjoy!

The minions were featured in a couple of the scarecrow entries.  My autistic brother in law gets services from ACHIEVE. 

Animal Adventure Park, which went viral in 2017 over a webcam they installed to track the pregnancy of the late April the Giraffe, enters every year.   Here's one angle of their entry for 2022.

Another angle.

Family Enrichment, with an important message.

I hope the crocheted blanket on the table of Broome County senior centers survived the weather.

These last two might be the most scary one of all.  First, I may need to explain that this entry was submitted by an income tax preparer.

Finally...clowns.

The one thing that saddens me is that some of these entries have become so elaborate, that entries that are plainer (for whatever reason) have no chance to win.  That's one reason why I wanted to include some plainer ones, like the Broome County Senior Center entry a few photos above.  All of these take time, effort, and resources, and I applaud them all.

Do you have a favorite?

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6 comments:

  1. TomOctober 25, 2022 at 7:40 AM

    ...these are not your ordinary scarecrows!

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  2. songbird's crazy worldOctober 25, 2022 at 8:37 AM

    I love the creativity

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  3. Karen BakingInATornadoOctober 25, 2022 at 10:39 AM

    They are all fun and creative in their own way and, yes, the less elaborate ones deserve recognition too (which you've done here).

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  4. LisaOctober 25, 2022 at 12:01 PM

    I much prefer the plainer ones. Some are more "stuff" than scarecrow. Like the clown one. Sure, scary to people, but maybe not so much crows? Maybe they need to add a rule that the displays must include a certain amount of scarecrow, or natural material. Still, it's nice to see so many come out to participate and view.

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  5. CanadianGardenJoyOctober 25, 2022 at 5:58 PM

    This was really cute to see but I agree with you .. too much of a competition .. simple decorations are easier on the eyes and kinder to the spirit of the fun which is meant to be for these type of things.
    Yes .. a crows eye view might be more imaginative ! LOL

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  6. Liz A.October 25, 2022 at 10:25 PM

    I'm sure they all put in such hard work to get these up. Very impressive.

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