The bright globes are more than a symbol for Halloween to me: a strong connection to my childhood, the season, to my nationality and even my wedding. I can easily conjure their cut-open scent, the sweet-baked aroma, and the rotting stench on my porch as squirrels are destructively determined to rid me of this decoration choice!
Not one of my own today, but here is a favorite poem from my early days…
“I saw thousands of pumpkins last night
come floating in on the tide,
bumping up against the rocks and
rolling up on the beaches;
it must be Halloween in the sea”
Richard Brautigan, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster
And I’ll be honest – I think of them cut up and menacing more often than not!
Now go check out what Catherine has carved up – HERE
julie rowan-zoch 
Oh man. This guy is one dark dude. Love him!! He’s my idea of Halloween. 🙂
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Love that poem and wow your picture is amazeballs! The fire and the pumpkin look wicked. *highfive*
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Love it!
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Wow! Fiery and gorgeous! Would you consider tweaking this into a bookplate? I’d love to post it for my Monday bookplate blog post.
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I only have a few days left with my daughter before she leaves the country again, so I’ll let you know if I get a moment to do that, Joanne. It would only be good on screen though, res is too low.
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CREEEEEEEPY. And so is that poem – LOVE it. Beautiful, unique work as always, my friend!
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If it’s creepy and you love it clap your hands!
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Great team work. I haven’t heard Richard Brautigan’s work in at least a decade. Pumpkins are magic!
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Thanks, Joy. Guess I need to read his work again, been a while for me too.
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Love it! Hope you don’t mind it if I print it out for inspiration and to scare the cranberries out of my kids!
(enjoyed your WYRI too 🙂 )
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If I can use your line! Love it! Printing may not be so great the image has a low resolution.
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Of course! My kids would talk like filthy pirates (as opposed to clean pirates) if I weren’t able to cover my asparagus.
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Wowzers! (I got that from Inspector Gadget) Holy Walking Pumpkins, Batman! (I kind of got that from Robin). That is one creeepeeey pumpkin! (I got that from me)
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Do you like the Andy Griffith Show? There are some great ones too. I may have suggested that show already, my kids loved it!
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I’ve actually never seen that show. But my parents let me see some older shows – we download stuff off of Amazon. I really like Gilligan’s Island and Hazel, to name a few. 🙂
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Hazel? Gosh, I’d almost forgotten about that show – thanks!
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I saw some reruns of it at the doctor’s office. Josie had a LONG appointment. I saw about 5 episodes. 🙂 I love it.
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I didn’t know dr.’s offices had tvs!
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Ummm! I love pumpkins! But that is sure one creepy ghoully pumpkin! WOOOOOOO! That poem was kind of creepy too coming from a mine disaster. Pumpkin bits washing up on the beach would be a real treasure though!
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That book of poems came out in ’68 I think.
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Well, that was waaaayyyyy before my time!
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How many dog-years have you got under your muzzle, Rhythm?
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That depends on how you look at it? The kids all want to know how old I am in dog years. But I don’t know dog years from human years. I’ve been on this earth for almost 11 yrs. I was born in 2002. And I guess that translates to about 80 years if I was human. How bout you?
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You know, I don’t know the formula for that!
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Math. Phewy.
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Hmm. I don’t want to find myself around that last pumpkin dude. I ate pumpkin pie today!
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Mmmm, my favorite ‘merican pie!
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Julie!!! Your talent is amazing. I love this hot, dancing pumpkin guy with the scary eyes!
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Glad he tickles your fancy!
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