Green Squash and Sharp pointy things

It's that time again.

Time to work up my courage and get my hands all goo'd up with punkin guts.

Why am I not bright enough to grab a pair of gloves from work when undertaking meatball...errrr....squash surgery?

Is it possible that there's just enough kid in me to want to relive that feeling of "Ewwwwwww!!!!" when digging through the glop? I suppose so, or maybe it's just a latent hope that this year I'll create a Halloween masterpiece. Occasionally I've actually done something that is really impressive for me!

Last Saturday, Himself and I stopped by a pumpkin patch that is on the outskirts of our wee city; and the folks who did it are doing it right in my opinion. They planted a couple of acres of pumpkin in various varieties. As the season began, they mowed meandering paths through the foliage and brought only a small number of pumpkins up to the stand for people with no sense of fun :)

For the rest of us, they provided wagons and pruning shears and invited us to pull wagons through the patch and pick the size, shape, and color that we wanted.

My heart is always set on green pumpkins. This idea began when the kids were little and ended up heartbroken because someone stole their pumpkins and smashed them to smithereens. Green pumpkins hide well under bushes without being noticed in the daytime. And, at night they virtually disappear once the candles are blown out for the night. Hence, no smash-em-ups.

Besides, green pumpkins are downright pretty.

So, Himself and I wandered through the paths and ended up with two green pumpkins and one small orange one. I'm planning on carving them tomorrow. I even splurged and purchased an electric "pumpkin carving knife". LOL What can I say?

So, tonight I'm browsing through some internet sites looking for designs. I don't think I'm up for anything of this magnitude, though. It would sure be fun to try, though.

I'll take pictures if I don't ruin the beasties with my evil, wicked knife - which is the most probable result!