CALABASAS FESTIVAL CHARMS VISITORS 'FAMILY AFFAIR' THEME SETS TONE FOR FALL EVENT.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer CALABASAS - Three-year-old Anthony Glaze glaze, in pottery glaze, translucent layer that coats pottery to give the surface a finish or afford a ground for decorative painting. Glazes—transparent, white, or colored—are fired on the clay. of Chatsworth slathered his pumpkin pumpkin, common name for the genus Cucurbita of the family Cucurbitaceae (gourd family), a group that includes the pumpkins and squashes—the names may be used interchangeably and without botanical distinction. C. with thick, black paint - ``because I like black ghosts'' - at the 11th annual Calabasas Pumpkin Festival held on Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills. Anthony and his father, John, 41, were enjoying a day out at the festival Saturday while mom, Rhonda, studied at home for a test. And there was plenty for the pair to do. In addition to pumpkin painting, there were contests in pumpkin-pie eating and pumpkin-seed spitting, pumpkin bowling, a cornstalk-and-hay-bale maze, a petting zoo, face painting, crafts, pony rides, climbing towers, live music, food and games. People at the fall festival could admire the giant pumpkins, including one that weighed in at 684 pounds. Ray Ota, 57, of Whittier won one of the pie-eating contests by burying his face into a whipped-cream-topped pie and ingesting as much as he could in 30 seconds. ``I drank it,'' Ota said, a daub of whipped cream still clinging to one of his eyebrows. ``It's like drinking a thick Slurpee. I haven't done that since college.'' Danny Greenberg's two daughters, Abbey, 5, and Leah, 8, made a trip back to the car - to stash stash Drug slang noun A place where illicit drugs are hidden two giant, painted pumpkins and the pumpkin yard decorations they'd made at the Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box booth - before returning to the festival. What did the girls like best? ``Everything!'' Abbey raved. ``It's fun,'' said Greenberg, 37, of Oak Park. ``It's very well organized and full of great things for families to do.'' ``Hey, you Hey, You is the debut EP of Japanese band Mono. Track listing
want to pet some animals and get all dirty and stinky stink v. stank or stunk , stunk, stink·ing, stinks v.intr. 1. To emit a strong foul odor. 2. a. To be highly offensive or abhorrent. b. ?'' Hank Foust of Burbank asked his 5-year-old twins, Henry and Hannah. ``Just what kids love,'' said Foust, chuckling as the twins dashed off. ``They should have a shower here.'' Sharon Foust said the climbing tower had been less of a hit: Hannah got nearly halfway up, decided she couldn't climb any higher, and cried in frustration. But once the twins were in the petting zoo, happily petting the soft, fluffy chickens - including a Silky silky female spirit who does household chores. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 364–365] See : Domesticity Chicken with downy down·y adj. down·i·er, down·i·est 1. Made of or covered with down. 2. a. Resembling down: downy white clouds. b. Quietly soothing; soft. Adj. feet - all tears were forgotten. ``She likes to hug all the animals, which is bad when it's a big dog,'' Foust said, watching Hannah wander among the goats, bunnies and chickens. The festival will continue today, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills. Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Picasso couldn't have done it better as Jake Trouts, 2, of Agoura finishes his painting Saturday in the Calabasas Pumpkin Festival at Paramount Ranch. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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