Today was the epitome of Fall in New Hampshire. Lots of people (Derrick, Wesley, Bethany, Matt, Craig, Diane, Amy & Andrea) were coming over & we'd planned a picnic, but it was foggy/rainy, so we had the picnic in my living room. And we went to a huge pick-your-own-pumpkin patch & each got a pumpkin to bring home & carve. Between the nine of us, we had over 120 lbs of pumpkin!
When we got home, we spread newspaper all over my kitchen floor & sat in a big circle carving our pumpkins. After the masterpieces were completed we set them all on the dining room table, lit tea lights in them & turned off the lights. It was an amazing sight! Eight VERY different jack-o-lanterns glowed cheerily (or menacingly)back at us. They ranged from a dragon (Amy's) to the New York Yankees symbol (Bethany's) to ornate squiggly things (Craig's) to a cat (mine). Andrea carved a candle, & Wes made some sort of face on the front of his & a big "W" on the back. Derrick's had a weird face with lots of teeth & three eyes & Matt carved a menacing face, but added hair which softened the looks. Diane sat in the chair & read us trivia questions while her pumpkins waited to be taken back to her students for a Monday project.
Fall in New England is definitely the best time to be alive!
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Fall in New England is one of the few things I miss about living up North. Ordinarily I love living here in Virginia, but right now I'm looking out at trees that are just barely beginning to change color from green to a kind of brownish orange. None of the brilliant yellow, orange, or reds that New Hampshire citizens are delighting in.
I'm looking forward to carving a pumpkin with Addie and Stuart this year for the first time :)
--DJ
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