Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on Saturday afternoon.
If you want to know how much the pumpkin weighs, watch the 8 second video.
I think it will weigh more than you think. Hard to judge size in this photo.
Guess the Pumpkin’s Weight
Tag: pumpkin
Recent Signs of the Season
Silent Sunday
‘tis the Season
Pumpkin Season
Great Pumpkin Sighting
I saw the Great Pumpkin today.
Pulled over to the curb. Had to capture a photo to document my sighting of the Great Pumpkin.
American Food Store and Much More in Zagreb
American Food Store and Much More
There are cranberries and pumpkin for American Thanksgiving.
Last Year it was Knuckleheads
A year ago, I saw Knucklehead pumpkins for the first time when I was with friends at the Idylwilde Market in Acton Massachusetts. (Click link to see post)
Fall 2022: I spotted this display at the Bryant Street Market. An image search found American Turks Turban Squash Gourd (Cucurbita Maxima) and you can get ten seeds @$17 to grow your own.
Says they are edible and here’s a recipe link for Turban Squash soup
“ Turban squash encompasses a group of winter squashes known for their turban-like cap or acorn on the blossom end, and these squashes are predominately used as an ornamental to showcase its bright colors, patterns, and unusual shape. There are many varieties of Turban squash inclu Turk’s Turban, French Turban, Mexican hat, Turk’s Cap, American Turban, and Marina di Chioggia.” From the Specialty Produce website
Pumpkin and Pansies
Twenty four hours between the two photographs. First snow. Columbus, Ohio.
Brrrrrr.
Halloween Greetings
Wishing you an “ enchanted night” -just like the greeting card a friend sent to me.
My DIL made the little ceramic pumpkin in elementary school and I retrieved it from the trash years ago. And the metal Chicken Feeder turned into a Jack o’ lantern was a souvenir from Acton Massachusetts this past August when visiting friends.
Boo!
Knucklehead Pumpkins
My friends and I walked to Idylwilde Farms yesterday and saw these funny looking pumpkins called knuckleheads.
“Knucklehead pumpkins were created in 2008 in Holland, Michigan by Siegers Seed Company. It took over ten generations of cross-breeding to create the variety covered in warts…”
