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Old 07-29-2013, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
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This is a fun video in fast speed showing the art of watermelon carving. I was fortunate enough to see it in person when I traveled to Vietnam to adopt our two youngest children. It takes special tools plus a great deal of talent, an artistic eye and a light touch to say noting of hours of practice. But the results are beautiful.

Watermelon skin carving. [VIDEO]
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Old 07-30-2013, 01:30 AM
 
Location: Happy in Utah
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Thanks for sharing, no i could not do that at all.It really turned out quite beautiful.
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Old 07-30-2013, 01:38 PM
 
Location: The Triangle
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Awesome demonstration. I have always admired people that could carve fruits. I have been on several cruises where the carved fruit was spectacular. No way I could do something like that.
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Old 07-30-2013, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Montreal -> CT -> MA -> Montreal -> Ottawa
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A better question (at least if posed to me) is "Watermelon carving: How many fingers -- and possibly eyes -- do you think you would lose?"

One of my very good friends in CT adopted two of the most beautiful -- inside and out -- babies from Vietnam 13 years ago. She's very active in the Catalyst program and goes annually to help them (build a school, teach them, etc...). It's a wonderful program. Do you know of it, NK?
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Old 07-30-2013, 03:30 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Yes Dawn, they do wonderful work as do many other groups trying to help the orphanages which are really suffering since VN was closed to American adoptions right after I got home with my two girls. There is some talk of them opening up again but I doubt it will happen any time soon.
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Old 07-31-2013, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Alaska
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Impressive!

Now, I have a taste for watermelon.
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