Pumpkeenies!

Star and Ben carved their pumpkins today! Yes, it is the 1st and yes, it is the day after Halloween but putting faces in vegetables should really be a thing for all seasons. Don't try to label me mister, I see you! Tryin' to put me down... with your ways.

So this is what murder looks like!

Ben, carving his pumpkin using saliva. I've heard mother's spit can work miracles, just imagine what a 20 year-old male's mouth secretions can solve. The possibilities are boundless.

Star's pumpkin fini.

And the sweet glowing emanations coming from it, the reason: a mystery.
I liked her glowing star-top.

Ben pumpkin: face #1.

Who? Who carved this pumpkin? Oh... that guy.

Ben pumpkin: face #2, giving me the googlie eyes.

Googlie-ooglie-doo...ooooo.

Ohhhhh Disappointingly Yucky

My pumpkins have gone to the dark side.

Damn global warming, rotting my pumpkins before Halloween even gets here!

I've Got Thome Theedth!

I decided to toast the seeds from those pumpkins. I've wanted to do that for a while now but, like today, I've gotten arched eyebrows and looks when I mention it so I've put it off but then I found this recipe today and thought why the heck not?

Boiling them in a ton of salt and a little water.
Baked for 12 minutes at 400 degrees.
And presto! They taste a bit like popcorn because I baked them a tad long.

There's nothing like posing next to your own innards on someones stoop.

Pumpkin Man, Gimme Some Candy!

So, I finally broke down and bought two pumpkins yesterday. It wasn't from the patch across the street, but they were from a farm stand down the road between the rental and the new house. They are soooo local! Anyway, here's the first, larger one.

And here it is carved!

And the second, smaller one.

And here it is all carved and mustachioed!

I think that the 3 hours of fun I had with these pumpkins was totally worth the 5 dollars I paid for these. If you think about it, that's less money for more fun time than going to a movie would be these days.

The carnage! Soon I will be toasting and hopefully eating said carnage. It looks like a vegetarian's version of Saw.

The booty!

I'm Talkin' 'Bout Pumpkins!

It's officially Halloween, a holiday specific to the U.S. of A. Italians don't so much celebrate it so I had to go out of my way to track down a pumpkin. We found some in San Lorenzo's indoor market and we managed to score this one for about 4 euro. These were definitely there JUST for American students, they had "Halloween" stickers with information in English and everything, but whatever, I can American-up any day I please, thank you very much!

P.S. I think it is hilarious (and yes, I mean HILARIOUS) that I, in a foreign country where Halloween isn't celebrated, still managed to find, carve and post pictures of a pumpkin before y'all in the U.S.

Suckas!

My little friend... still intact but not for long.
Oh no! It's brain surgery!
I'm in your brains! Scoopin' 'em out! With ma hands....
AAaaaahhhhhh pumpkin BRAINS!

And/or Pumpkin babies... whichever is scarier/more in the Halloween spirit.

He's just not like he used to be... not since the... surgery.
He seems like a hollow shell of his once vibrant personality. It's a sad day.
Until...

I carve a happy face on him! Now he's all better.

Now he's all better AND on fire!

And that is my Italian/Halloween pumpkin... carved by alternating between bread and butter knives.

Yep, I'm pretty much a badass...