I can’t believe I missed Pike Road’s hay bale decorating contest this year! :-O
We were on our road trip up north when our neighbors got together and created our neighborhood’s display:
Isn’t that fun?! I love the sunset and pallet boardwalk…and those waves are pretty awesome, too!
It ended up coming in 3rd place, so Kevin picked up a map from the Town Hall so we could see which bales came in 1st and 2nd.
1st place went to the “witches brew” bale created by the folks who live in the neighborhood next door…
…and 2nd place went to the folks who created this super-cool skeleton:
I love the white-painted logs as bones and blue colander eyes!
There was also a “Business or Club” category in the contest. These newlywed pigs at John Hall & Sons general store got 1st place…
…and this bumblebee bale created by the Ladies Auxilary got 3rd:
We never did make it over to the Rolling Hills Fire Department to take a picture of their “Dalmation” bale that got 2nd place, but one of my neighbors sent me this picture of it today:
So cute!
There were lots of other fun bales around the county, too. (I heard there were 39 total this year!) Here are a few of my favorites…
Dyin’ to know how they attached the ears and, of course, already racking my brain about what our neighborhood could do for next year’s bale. 😀
(Kevin and I decided to dress up as each other at the last minute this year. Boy were some of our neighbors confused after it got dark and we passed by their porches- ha! They’d step forward and squint, and you could just about hear their trains of thought: “I *think* that’s Kevin, but something isn’t quite right with Layla.” ) 😀
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What cute bales!! So fun that your neighborhood does that.
Thank goodness I wasn’t drinking anything when I got to your Halloween pics! Sooo funny!
Some really creative people there! You two fit right in! Thanks for sharing the bale pictures, I really enjoyed them! ( love the Halloween costumes too ) 🙂
Saw some of these while attending Chapel Market! Pike Road is LOVELY (and bigger than we imagined).
LOL! I’m laughing so hard at the pics of you and Kevin! That’s so funny!
I loved your neighborhood’s hay bale display. 🙂 I thought the hay bale was the setting sun, though, instead of a rainbow. Like, a couple is sitting on the boardwalk watching the setting sun melt into the water. It was fantastic, either way!
Thank you sooo much for the laugh! It was much needed today. I even shared the pictures with the kids, they loved them!!
Your costumes are hilarious! 🙂 The hay bale decorating looks like a fun tradition.
Fun hay bales! And your costumes were so adorable!
We LOVE finding all the bales! My sons favorite is a Minionwe found on Old Pike Road, my daughters fave is our neighborhood’s Apple and worm for Pike Road School and I really love the latte and Home Depots stock pot. SO much small town cuteness and fun! We love living here!!
I rarely comment but have been following for years. Your Halloween costumes were fantastic! Love the hay bales as well!
that sunset was my favorite! can’t believe it didn’t take first!
So funny and cute! I saw some here at s pumpkin farm that were made to look like the Minions!
I love those hay bales SO MUCH! I wish owe small farm town would pick up this fun tradition.
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haha …how creative those bales were to see…but you left the best surprise for the end. Hilarious :}