The first annual 'Scarecrows On Main' contest is taking place this October in Price, Utah. Street lamps, doorways and storefronts on Main Street have been decorated by various businesses and organizations.
Below is a sampling of this season's contest entrants, photographed on a brilliant October afternoon.
I've chosen my picks for first, second and third place awards. Have a look at these scarecrow creations and judge for yourself.
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This is the first time I've seen a beach/snorkeling scarecrow.
Could it be this business owner would rather be in Hawaii? |
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I like the dia de los Muertos theme of this brightly attired scarecrow.
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How about a real "Crow scarecrow"? Makes sense to me.
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And so I chose this avian scarecrow as my #3 pick.
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Okay, this one is truly creepy.
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| Star Wars scarecrows in front of the library. |
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| After reading 'Crow Scaring for Dummies' this one should have an advantage over the others. |
This is my #2 pick. I love an educated scarecrow. Love the boots too.
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The curse of Chucky?
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Here's a guy representing Bookcliff Workwear, dressed for the job.
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This foxy scarecrow in bird slippers stands outside the "Corner Coffee and Tea" shop.
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This Dino Scarecrow is stationed in front of the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum.
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It's my #1 pick.
The museum is a national treasure and features collections and exhibits focusing on specimens indigenous to the Price area. If you're ever in Price, check it out:
https://eastern.usu.edu/museum/
Would you like to see more scarecrows? If so, check out these photos from the annual
Scarecrow Bash in Del Norte, Colorado.
Rita, what a great topic for a blog posting with Halloween just around the corner!
ReplyDeleteI like your #1 and #2 picks. And, I got a chuckle out of the scarecrow who’s reading 'Crow Scaring for Dummies'. :-)
Thanks for sharing the link to Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum. It certainly offers many interesting things to browse through.
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteI like these scarecrow contests. Two years ago I wrote a post about the scarecrow bash in Del Norte, Colorado.
Other than scarecrows, though, I've found that for the most part towns in the intermountain west do not decorate for autumn and Halloween the way they do in the northeast and mid-Atlantic—no festive displays of pumpkins, gourds or corn shocks to be found!
The Prehistoric Museum is a great one. They have on display a woolly Mammoth skeleton that was discovered only 20 miles from here, in the 1980s. Pretty cool. Many dinosaur bones have been found in this area too. Hence, the mascot name of our local high school—the Dinos!
Thanks as always for reading and commenting!