This was the year of the 8th annual Wertz Gourd Festival which was held at the Pinal County Fairgrounds not far from us. I had looked forward to this for a couple of months and it was so worth it!
The displays were too cute.
One building held all the entries in the competition for ribbons. It's incredible what people can do with a simple gourd. Below are several but not nearly all of those entries. This is a very small sample of what was displayed.
Another building held the vendors of which there had to be at least 50. They, of course, did not allow photography - drat. We found almost anything that could be made from a gourd and all the tools for the trade.
This guy has his name on his chest - Flash Gourdon. His feet are small gourds and he ran as the driver pedaled the bike. Too funny and very creative!
And the rider is Gourd Washington
And, just in case there wasn't something from a vendor that you couldn't live without, there were thousands of gourds from which to choose. Buy one or bushels of them to go.
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