Carving: Day 1

Today was spent mostly on the gutting of pumpkins. About fifteen were prepared for carving, but only three actually got carved. I did none of the work so I must give credit where credit is due. It was Steven who did all the work.

Here are two of the three pumpkins he carved today. The other one is on the other side of the city tonight, out of the reach of my camera.

Pumpkins Past

Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.
~ Simone Schwarz-Bart
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Halloween is creeping up on us.
Soon family and friends will be busy
carving the guts out of a multitude of pumpkins.
We like to use the Pumpkin Masters patterns because the results
are so very dramatic — especially the faces. Here are a few of the pumpkins we’ve carved in the past couple of years. The photographs are very amateur
and inconsistent in size and quality, but I think you’ll enjoy them nonetheless.
They were taken in the dark while the pumpkins were lit from within.

October Scene

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy…
~ John Steinbeck
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I think the upcoming Halloween celebration and the impending
Presidential Election are conspiring together to play tricks on my mind.
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The Grapes…

…of Wrath

Don’t you think this milkweed pod looks a bit like the grim reaper
with his hooded cloak and scythe, or am I just seeing things?
I thought I saw a black pussy cat in the post below