Pumpkin Pumpkin

One more week until Halloween.  Are you ready?  Have your pumpkin carved and out to greet guests?  This guy was hiding under big leaves in the pumpkin patch.  I wonder whose home he'll wind up in.

"Pumpkin Pumpkin"     © Kathy Dunham 2010

It's Fall

The trees are turning color, the pumpkins are ready to pick and Halloweed will soon be here.  Are you ready for the ghosts and goblins?

"It's Fall"    © Kathy Dunham 2010

Hide 'n Seek

Tonight's Halloween and I'm sure the pumpkin fields are looking pretty bare now.  I wonder if these escaped being found by those looking for the perfect pumpkin to carve.


Hide 'n Seek"    © Kathy Dunham 2009

In the Pumpkin Patch

He doesn't look happy but I'm sure this little tyke went home with a pumpkin.  It's great that there are still farms where families can have fun selecting pumpkins for Halloween.

"In the Pumpkin Patch"     © Kathy Dunham 2009

Wagon Load of Pumpkins

Fall is here and soon it'll be Halloween.  One of the best memories children have is getting to pick the pumpkin they'll get to carve.  There's plenty in this wagon.  And look at all the different shapes and colors.

"Wagon Load of Pumpkins"   © Kathy Dunham 2009

A Bug's Life

Happy Halloween! Several conference attendees were in the spirit of the season and dressed for Halloween. This happens to be my roommate, believe it or not. She's the President of our local chapter of botanical artists and came appropriately dressed. The "glasses" are actually tea strainers that someone had used with a lot of creativity. Her lady bug hat is a small version of a WW1 helmet. Needless to say, she got a lot of comments today.

"A Bug's Life" © Kathy Dunham 2008

Pink Popcorn

It's fall and the local pumpkin patches are doing a land office business. Feeling the need to capture some of these bright orange lovelies with my camera, I stopped at one going concern in the small town of Yuciapa just off the 10 freeway in San Bernardino County. They had a wide selection, all shapes, sizes and as it turns out, some mighty strange colors. These mutants were beautiful pinks, corals and turquoise with funny bumps all over them. I asked the gentleman what they were and he said "just pumpkins". They plant a wide variety of seeds and when the bees do their pollinating a lot of the pollen gets mixed up and something like this happens. He said they are identical inside as regular pumpkins. But they decided to call them "pink popcorn".

"Pink Popcorn" © Kathy Dunham 2008