Drum Roll...Ta Da...The Pumpkin and Squash Answers!

in time for Thanksgiving!
Perhaps you are making some of them!
(in order, from top smallish white pumpkin clockwise;
the last one is the large pumpkin in the center.)

1. Baby Boo (Casper) Pumpkin

2. Jarrahdale Pumpkin

3. Pink Banana Squash

4. Asian Kuri Squash

5. Speckled Pup Pumpkin

6. Speckled Hound Pumpkin

7. Blue Hubbard Squash

8. (Another) Asian Kuri squash

9. (The Big One) Red Warty Thing Pumpkin

(and dig this: ‘Cucurbita maxima’ is its official

botanical official name; I would

say so as it is absolutely huge

(so heavy that I cannot lift it!

What a glorious specimen, indeed. :-))

Enjoy any and all Thanksgiving

preparations for those, here,

in the good ol' U.S. of A.

...Tell us how you are getting ready if you would like!

lg

:-)

"A wink, wink and a nod, nod."

(P.S; I would like to thank my husband for

helping me arrange, carry, and (even) clean

these luscious specimens for this photo.

Also- he made sure that I had all the names right!)

Voila!

Pretty Things...aren't they?
I am enamored by them. :-)

Great Texture and Color!

Fun Shapes

Try and Guess the Names of these Here...
(Click to enlarge shot if need be.)

Can you guess (or give names to) the pumpkins or squashes
we have carefully collected this fall?
Start with #1 (there are nine total...) the small white pumpkin
just to the left at the top and then
work clock-wise, ending with the large one
with partial sun on it in the center!
They all have names and all are edible goodies.
Good luck!

Foggy Fingers

Fog Line

Misty Wood

The 'Thick' of It


Foggy grasp
and fog filled sigh
have gripped the mountain trees so high.
It won't turn loose nor let go;
it lingers
meanders
wanders
and holds
my back with the slick trees.
Dewey thick drip-drops tickle and tease
their way down the bark
my camera
and neck
on this here fog-filled mountain.

Morning Beauty

In the Clouds

A Heavenly Glow

Streaky

(And) I Said "Wow!"

What an eye full this morning...An early morning
walk with the dog revealed that our mountain
was surrounded by layers, streaks and rings
of mist below. It made for a wonderful sunrise
and gave the surroundings an unusual orange luster.
We are expecting much colder weather later this week.
Enjoy. It was so peaceful and quiet on the mountain, here~
and I do hope that this exudes some of that atmosphere for you.

( Just click to enlarge and enjoy a more bird's eye view.)

:-)

Feeling Beechy

A Long View off of Beech Mountain...Blue Skies.

Does Anybody Really Know...What Time it is?

My Reflections

Juvenile


We took a drive up onto Beech Mountain (N.C.) this
weekend. The elevation there is 5506 feet above sea level.
It was a clear fall day sporting blue skies and temps
in the high 40's, but the sun felt warm and quite strong.
I captured these shots. Top: The view from a tiny park
on top of Beech Mountain on a newly built wooden deck.
There are bear living in caves below where this shot
was taken. Next: Actually, someone put a beautiful and
very large, beautifully made clock in a neighborhood
on top of this mountain. How odd it seems there
(at 5500 feet) but it made for a nice photo and some
wondering...Next Down: Muted fall colors are reflected in a
pond on the mountain. Bottom: We met a juvenile deer that
allowed us very close to photograph it while it stayed
delicately eating what looked like lily pads on the
side of the hill. What a wonderfully formed creature!
Loved it. It almost seemed friendly. Great trip here and
good weather for it! And a good day was had...by all.

Odds and Ends

Morning Dew on 'Last' Rose...

Rugged Orange Pumpkins out front!
(Still lookin' good...)

Tobacco being dried (in nearby Tennessee)

'Had to' get the snowy white photos replaced, ya all!
:-) It has been a really nice fall here; the weather
has been mild with temps in the low 50's for
a daytime high and down near 32 at night.
Young deer are showing up for the corn
and the apples nightly, now.
Currently, we are feasting upon all
types of pumpkin and squash dishes!
We have company that is soon to descend at
Thanksgiving (grown children returning
home to visit and back from college),
so preparation will soon be underway.

It's Coming

Today we had our first morning of frost completely
covering the ground on yes, November 1st, 2011.
These photos randomly chosen,
are from the last several winters...
but frost is in the air! Thought that it might
help me if I stare at these for a bit.
O.K. There.
(I think that I feel...
an icicle forming on the
end of my nose.)
:-)
lg!

No More

No More

Don’t want to hang ’round these ghosts no more

as they moan and wander and pace this ol’ floor.

Don’t want to hang ’round the spirits of past, as

they linger and promise things that don’t last.

They slink through the hollow,

they hang at the door

their faces so sullen

that they lie on the floor.

They push wine and pastries

but deliver spoilt food and mush-

they coax me to stay

sitting alone on my tush

not lifting a pen

nor writing a stroke

and behind my back

they chide me, “Slow-poke.”

“L-a-z-y,” they say…

“She won’t make the cut.”

“Let’s hang ‘round until

she’s stuck deep in this rut.”

They mutter and clamor and they raise such a stink,

telling me “Consider our feelings...”

that I must “Stay put,” or “They’re leaving!”

Won’t listen to their chastisements—no, not even one

as they dangle carrots that vanish-that leave me undone.  

You could have been “This…” or “You’re over the hill.”

“Look over there--” “Now, try if you will…”

“You won’t make the day,” “You haven’t come far,”

“You’ve frittered your chances and fallen short of the bar.” 

Their obvious content at my own demise

should cause me to act out with an upheaval…

to shake them right off like the weevils they are!

These spirits that plague me are never content

’cept to harp on my obvious faults and my failings

leaving me on the ropes and the railings.

They weigh me down with concern for my plight,

yet they secretly cheer when I’m drifting…

poking holes in my sails all the time when

my spirit is lifting.  

© Karen Powell