Welcome to Hoschton, Georgia...

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of photographing a friend of mine and her husband in Braselton, GA – about an hour north of Atlanta. On the way to the location, we drove through Hoschton and there were scarecrows EVERYWHERE! At first, I thought they were a little creepy, but then quickly realized they were probably all there for a reason.

Hoschton, GA set a Guinness record for the most scarecrows in one place. Their goal was 4,000 scarecrows...and they ended up with 5,441!!! You can read the article here: (click here).

Although our weekdays are usually filled with regularly scheduled activities such as homework, bath time and reading; we thought it would be fun to take a break from our routine and drive up to Hoschton to see the scarecrows. As you can see, Callie goes with us nearly everywhere that we can take her. Here we are at the golden arches for a quick on-the-go supper.


I'm not sure why Callie was sniffing Mason...perhaps she thought he smelled like french fries.


So, Bear goes with us nearly everywhere as well.


No, my photos are not out of chronological order. Mason and Callie fell asleep ON THE WAY to see the scarecrows. I guess work and school tucker them both out.


We finally arrived in Hoschton after fighting rush hour traffic (my bad!). I never knew Mason was so good at climbing fences...


...but up and over he went. I was there to help him, but Mason assured me that he could do it himself. I sometimes forget that he's not a baby any more...but that is another blog post.





Each scarecrow was tagged with an official "Guinness Book of Records" tag with its own number on it. We didn't view even one quarter of the scarecrows that were up around town.


After safely scaling the fence, Mason had a good time looking at many scarecrows up close.


He had a good time posing for photos and climbing up and down the fence time and time again.





I have never known him to ham it up for the camera before, but I was loving it, of course!


The sweatshirt he was wearing made him blend right in with these scarecrows. A veritable "Where's Waldo".


Hoschton received a lot of criticism for doing something as frivolous as setting a world record for the most amount of scarecrows instead of giving back to charity or feeding the hungry. I think sometimes you just have to have fun with something and if that something brings a community together...I'm all for it! Besides, how else is a small town supposed to gain publicity for their annual Fall Festival? Thank you citizens of Hoschton for bringing a little fun into my otherwise routine weekday!