The pumpkin harvest is a neighborhood kind of thing. After all, if I did not have people to share the pumpkins with, what would be the point?
Our Friend the Farmer has 12 grandchildren big enough to help pull down calves for branding. He also has one new little one. So it has been a few years for him to enjoy the fun of having a baby around. He organized a trip to the pumpkin patch for the Little Cattleman’s first pumpkin outing.
The Little Cattleman promptly tasted a few pumpkin leaves and banged on a few pumpkins to test their bongo vibe.
The Little Cattleman is 10 months old and surrounded by my mid-sized pumpkins to give you an idea of the pumpkins awesomeness this year. I loved their visit to the pumpkin patch! On the other end of the human size spectrum, I reminded Number Four Son to come by and pick up a pumpkin.
I was thrilled that my Big Mama Pumpkin went home with Number Four. I’ve told you before that he is strong, he went home and weighed that Mama…52 pounds! Wowsers!
Pumpkin photo bomb by the Damn Cat…
I need to Halloween it up….
I realized that I had no small pumpkins and needed/wanted a few for decorating inside. Time for a swap with My Sweet Neighbor Sue…who stated that she didn’t want too big a pumpkin… Off I went…
Back I came…
I love Fall. I placed three pumpkins that the chickens had attacked out on our garden bench. The pumpkins catch our eye through the many windows of the house. 
…and it makes us smile. The cobwebs in the window were added there by the hard-working spiders who live here and “NO, I cannot keep this place clean!”…
But…we are blessed!
If you live nearby and want a pumpkin, come on by!
When choosing a pumpkin, I always look for one with an interesting stem. The stems on your pumpkins are wonderful!
Thanks Diane,
I’m with you, I love good stems and try hard to get long ones with wonderful curves to them! I’m going to try to improve on that even more next year!
Beautiful pumpkins! and a 52 pounder! Wowza! Just so you know, the “Mother’s Handbook” stipulates that during the month of Oct, it is forbidden to clean any cobwebs before the celebrating of Halloween. My front porch is proof of that 🙂
Oh, so good to know! I am really, really ready then for the rest of the month! We get cobwebs in one day!
You’ve got some over-achieving cobs up there!