Happy Halloween and Merry Samhain!!

[misora]

Here's a preview of our porch squash, after we spent hours on Wednesday carving them:



Carving out those two hands from one pumpkin was seriously hard. It took us over an hour to get the details right! I really need some better pumpkin-carving-knives.



The big angry one is eating the little ones, and then we have the other guy off to the side just "ohnoes!"-like. :D



I'll be adding to this later (probably while the trick-o'-treaters are coming around), when it's dark again and we've added the rest of our decorations for the evening. In addition, I roasted the seeds from 3 of the pumpkins with a sweet/salty mixture (butter, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and orange peel) and tonight I'm cooking beef stew with squash, turnips and sundried tomatoes.

Later on I'm going to commune with my mom's deceased dad. I've been kind of doing this unofficially every year, but this year I'm going to encourage J to join in, as well. I know he has a few people he'd like to pay homage to in that respect.

Be safe, everyone, and have a great holiday, no matter how you spend it! ♥

Comments

[genuinelyhokey.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of Saturn eating his children. Only cute and funny?

Happy Halloween!

[misora.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, exactly!

I hope your holiday is good too! ♥

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

^^ Awesome pumpkins! We have a bunch that we grew sitting on our porch, and are trying to figure out what to do with them. Have fun handing out candy and I home the communing is fruitful!

[misora.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'd love to grow some; the little ones, when we carved them, smelled like melons on the inside. :p Yummm! I think that will be part of my planting repetoire next year. :)

Have fun with yours!

[v-thundermuffin.livejournal.com]

Happy Halloween to you and your family from me and my family. ^_^
The boys liked your pumpkin pictures very much, so much in fact, that they reminded me that we hadn't carved pumpkins yet and needed to get on the stick so their Halloween could be properly celebrated.

[misora.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Jenn! :D I'm glad your boys liked the pumpkins! And tell them I thought their knight costumes -- as well as your princess outfit -- were stunning! ^____^ You're quite handy with the sewing machine!


Have a great Halloween with your family!