With Fall in the Midwest comes changing leaves and cooler temperatures. Pumpkin Spice is back at Starbucks and Halloween creeps up on you like a ghoul. It's tradition here to have at least one round of pumpkin carving before All Hallow's Eve.
Daughter and I finished up pumpkins earlier today. We harvested the seeds and will be cooking those up. The alien pod looking gourd was something new for us this year and it thwarted all efforts short of power tools to carve it; we resorted to a black sharpie and created what my daughter now dubs "the zombie baby". The largest pumpkin is her design, the emoticon that matches my tattoo is my design, and the warty pumpkin was a collaborative effort. +Kristi Fahlsing was over earlier in the day and she and her son ended up with a Power Rangers pumpkin but she has those photos.
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It initially looks like a pumpkin Bohemian Rhapsody!
+Andrew Clifton-Brown hehe, I like that! I wish I had your photo chops, mate; just me and the cell phone for these pics.
For the dynamic range of light in that shot, you did very well +Scott Cramer 🙂
Thanks ACB! You don't have to just be saying that. I'll still Photoshop you in some horrible way regardless! Bwahahaha! Seriously, though, thanks for the compliment, man. Gives me hope that maybe I could do more if I tried harder.
Seriously such shots are hard work mate! And I had no doubt I was still for the 'chop' in PS 😉
What terrible things have you lined up for the trick or treaters? 😉
Aww, I'm a big softy for trick or treaters when I'm actually home to give out candy. Little ones get more and too old ones and no costumes get nothing. If I am home, I'll most likely hook up the fog machine to the back of one of the pumpkins so it breathes smoke! That's an awesome effect. 😉
Great photos
Doing nothing by half-measures! awesome. I love how the US goes nuts for Halloween!
Post pics please 🙂
Thank you, all. And… Halloween pics for sure. 🙂
Excellent pumpkin wrangling, Sir! They all look suitably menacing (in a cute way) 🙂
Pumkin carving is fun for sure.
Nicely done. I'll be doing some carving with my girls this week too.
Next weekend is his sister`s association Halloween. There's always lots of cute, scary, and imaginative costumes there!
ps +Keith Cramer the monkey suit needs to make an appearance there…. 😉 hint hint
Halloween carving fun times! They look awesome!!
What is that about a monkey suit? O_o
Oh yes… +Keith Cramer is famous in these parts for his monkey walk, even without the suit!
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Great jack 'o lanterns! Fond memories of carving them with our boys over the years.
Looks like you tow had fun!
Love these pics; you have inspired me to buy my pumpkins today, now I just need to decide what designs I want to carve this year!
Also if anyone has a recipe for pumpkin pie using fresh pumpkin as opposed to canned I would really appreciate it! I've always wanted to try it out but as we don't get a whole lot of canned pumpkin in the UK I've struggled!
Got one… Will try and remember to send later when I get home. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Monkey suit was loaned out. It might make an appearance on saturday!