Showing posts with label pumpkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pumpkins. Show all posts

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Goose Dressing


A while back, oh, twenty-five years ago or so, cement geese 
were the thing to have as a part of your yard decor, 
especially on the front porch. Many homeowners dressed
their geese according to the seasons. They still do.
This Speedway resident adapted a toddler's Halloween
costume to fit her yard mascot. There are a few witches and
even a Frankengoose to be seen in other yards.


For the past couple years, plastic cadavers and body parts
can be seen emerging from front lawns.


There should be a broom sticking from the nether regions 
of this witch, who evidently lost altitude during a test run, and
did a face plant at a home a couple blocks  from my place. 
I figure someone tampered with the evidence 
to use the broom for their own 
Trick-or-Treat ride Halloween night.

Friday, November 4, 2011

For Love of the Custard and the Art of the Splat


Okay, I'll give - it's now autumn, time to drag out the pictures 
of pumpkins and their kin. I took these photos a month ago 
when the weather was still warm and I was more 
interested in lemonade than in cider.

With Thanksgiving now about three weeks away, 
it's time to get my punkin' on, to get my supplies together for
pumpkin custard and squash soup. Last year this time, there was 
a nationwide shortage of pumpkin pulp; there was none to be found, 
the grocery shelves were bare, bereft of pumpkin.
 Along with everyone else who hadn't shopped well ahead
of the holiday, I had to do without my favorite
pumpkin delicacies.  I suffered from a severe 
lack of squash-based food. 


Not this year. The pumpkin, nutmeg, brown sugar, and vanilla
have been stockpiled, awaiting the eggs, cream and broth 
that will turn them into my favorite treats.


But while the men retire to the family room to watch 
football games, and the women participate in our annual crafts event,
 I will be eagerly awaiting the Discovery Channel
While the competition itself will be held this coming weekend at
Bridgeville, Delaware, the highlights and finals will be televised 
Thanksgiving evening. I am all a-tingle.

FIRE IN THE HOLE!!!