I am not doubting they are lovely but as well as the real things, prolific stitching of pumpkin type affairs has taken over the interwebs - I'm looking at you Di! I realise Jan seems to have been put under the spell too, but in general it is just not British!
I have borrowed this picture from here, The West Beach, Ca, Pumpkin festival is coming...
Looks great, now spot the difference. This is how we roll in my village...
See the reverence we hold them by!! We may go bonkers by Halloween, and there could well be 3 boxes in stock by then, with some fake cobwebs draped over them for spooky effect.
I know it's Friday, I know there's no sewing to show you, but I am linking up with the Randomeers with my tongue firmly in cheek!
There's a lot of things we lag behind in, I don't mind this, but we have to remember we lead the way in other delights here!
ReplyDeleteI quite agree, it incredibly unbritish to get so over excited about pumpkins!
ReplyDeleteLove it,
ReplyDeleteNow all my life we've made lanterns for Halloween, but until very recently they were all made from turnips - "baigie lanterns" Can you imagine the work involves in hollowing and carving a turip, not to mention the smell when the candle is burning inside?!?!
ReplyDeleteI think pumpkins are an improvement no matter how unbritish that are! :)
I'm with Fi!! I remember my poor dad sitting for hours every year carving a turnip lantern for Brownies. I love punkins!
ReplyDeleteThey grow hundreds of pumpkins here. They chope Em up, eat the seeds and throw the rest out for the deer. And you think the Americans are mixed up!
ReplyDeletefionas got a great point, but however vile, the smell of scorching neep does make me smile... just so long as i dont have to eat any that is...
ReplyDeleteYou know, they are orange and nicely shaped and grow so big, it is very easy to see why people love them. I dream of having a pumpkin patch one day. I think that you really ought to give them a try, have you seen the amazing Martha Stewart carved pumpkins (google the images), they are fantastic. Perhaps you ought to be asking why you are missing out?
ReplyDeleteI'm with Fiona on this, fond memories of my poor dad "howking" out the insides of turnips (swedes) so pumpkins are really like dishwashers if you know what I mean.......labour saving!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely! Well said! Pip pip! etc.
ReplyDeleteWell that's more reverential than our local Tesco, which has a paltry wee selection on a top shelf in the veggie aisle cowering with embarrassment...
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha! So pumpkin worship in October is an American thing? We do love them, they are everywhere this time of year!
ReplyDeletePumpkins in this country just are not big enough. That's all I am saying!
ReplyDeleteMaybe if you had some decent growing weather you could grow some pumpkins and go pumpkin crazy too. Geez! I didn't know I'd get called out for making a pumkin coaster :-)).
ReplyDeleteYour American vs British photos made me giggle!!!!! Got ours ready to crave though - kids love it!
ReplyDeleteYou need to come visit me. During pumpkin season. Which is quite long actually...
ReplyDeleteYeah we Aussies aren't really bonkers about pumpkins either. Well, ours come into season at the opposite time of year anyway, but we don't have Halloween either. And quite frankly, not many people like pumpkin I've found. I never did as a kid, but I do now. We've grown pumpkins before and just find that you always end up with of many. More than you ever know what to do with.
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