Day 293
It's the season for pumpkins, they come in all sorts different shapes, sizes and colours. Pumpkins are used as fall decor and centre pieces and kids of all ages love to make Jack Lanterns for Halloween.
You can can also bake them to eat, make pies, soups, use the puree as a beauty treatment. Feed the wild life, and the seeds for the birds.
You can google & Pinterest recipes to make drinks for kids and adults and even pumpkin butters and don't forget to roast the seeds for a snack!
Pumpkins ~ Used Lightroom to create a dark effect
Yep, you can eat the skin, leaves, flowers, pulp, seeds, and even the stem!
Used a filter on my Powershot SX530 HS Canon Camera
And for those have read fairy tales, the first time word 'pumpkin' was used was in the story of Cinderella!
It wasn't until the 17th century that they were first referred to as pumpkins.
So.. go find some pumpkin and create something wonderful!
Thank you and I shall see you again tomorrow!
Jewels
"Advice from a pumpkin: Be well rounded, get plenty of sunshine, give thanks for life's bounty, have a thick skin, keep growing, be outstanding in your field, think big." J.Lantern
The Irish Celts brough the art of carving pumpkins into “Jack O’Lanterns” of they used turnips on All Hollow’s Eve because Pumpkins did not exist in Ireland. This tradition derived form a folk tale involving Stingy Jack, an old drunkard and a trickster, and the devil. The Irish called the ghost of Stingy Jack, "Jack of the Lantern", later abbreviated to Jack O'Lantern". People started to carve demonic faces out of turnips to frighten away Jack's wandering soul. Its glowing face was supposed to scare away evil spirits.
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