{"id":9889,"date":"2014-10-06T06:33:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T11:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=9889"},"modified":"2014-10-06T06:56:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T11:56:03","slug":"photos-of-the-day-smashing-pumpkins-at-the-cumberland-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/10\/06\/photos-of-the-day-smashing-pumpkins-at-the-cumberland-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo(s) of the day: Smashing Pumpkins at the Cumberland Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/span>e stood in line for two hours for our turn. They ran out of hot dogs at the concession stand and I had foolishly not thought to pack any food. And yet, we all agreed – the wait was well worth it. For what? To decorate and then launch our pumpkins across a field to a giant billboard target using a medieval catapult called a trebuchet at the annual Smashing Pumpkins festival at the Cumberland Village Heritage Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First, you decorate while you wait for your turn.<\/p>\n

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Simon’s says, “I have a death sentence” on one side and “Simon wuz here” on the other.<\/p>\n

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Not to be outdone, Tristan’s says “I believe I can fly.” (I do love their senses of humour, my boys.)<\/p>\n

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After almost an entire afternoon of waiting, it was finally our turn! <\/p>\n

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You yank on the cord, which pulls out the pin, which releases the lever that is counterweighted on the opposite end. Gravity works its magic and the non-counterweighted end of the lever flings the pumpkin, tucked securely into a little hammock, to sail across the field toward the target.<\/p>\n

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After each launching one, I let the boys launch mine together.<\/p>\n

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Can you see the incoming pumpkin?<\/p>\n

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Bulls-eye!! (Ahem, this may or may not have been MY pumpkin. We watched probably a hundred pumpkins get launched, and I was thrilled to capture this photo of one of the ten or so we actually saw hit the bulls-eye!)<\/p>\n

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Is that crazy fun or what? Beloved is Googling “backyard trebuchet” so we don’t have to wait in such a long line next year. Sorry neighbours – you’ve been warned!
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\nDisclosure<\/strong>: The City of Ottawa is a sponsor of this blog. This adventure was inspired entirely by our own whims, however, and we bought our own annual membership to facilitate this blog post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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