It’s getting quite cold here. The weather forecast calls for hard, killing frosts every night this week. Today, we spent the better part of the day harvesting the rest of our gardens. I have tomato vines loaded with fruit and hanging in the garage. I have boxes and boxes of tomatoes in the kitchen and porch that will hopefully ripen in time. I have a table full of pumpkins and other various types of squash.
It’s a bounty.
It’s a cornucopia.
It’s going to be a lot more work.
These are my two favorite pumpkins! The one on the left is my largest and brightest. I don’t know what it weighs but it’s quite handsome and awkward, all at once. I’m going to let RW carve it into a jack-o-lantern! He dearly loves pumpkin carving (it makes me itchy). The wee one on the right is my favorite pumpkiny little darling. He’s so tiny. Just look at him.
I’ll be processing all the pumpkins into puree form so that RW can make pumpkin pies with it later in the winter. He dearly loves pumpkin pie. We might make pumpkin soup but I had some terrible experiences with pumpkin soup whilst living in New Zealand once upon a time and I’m not so keen on the stuff. What else can I make from preserved pumpkin? Oh. Cheesecakes. Any other ideas?
The garden is officially gone, pulled up, composted, and in some areas, the soil has already been turned. It’s official. Autumn has arrived!
Because most of the day was dedicated to gardening I only had the later afternoon to spend in the studio and was so inspired by my squash harvest that I decided to create a new little enameling template for small white squashes. They’re sweet, crisp and beautifully over fired. I think I’m going to concoct necklaces with them. More on that, I’m sure, tomorrow.
I hope Wednesday treated you well!
xx
Plume
PS I’m looking for a new pair of eyeglass(es) frames. My options here in Pocatello are rather sparse. Does anyone know of any online eyewear shops that carry bizarre frames? I had a vision of green or turquoise frames with little wings on the sides — I know that some company SOMEWHERE must make them. Right? Of course right.
PS I’m looking for a new pair of eyeglass(es) frames. My options here in Pocatello are rather sparse. Does anyone know of any online eyewear shops that carry bizarre frames? I had a vision of green or turquoise frames with little wings on the sides — I know that some company SOMEWHERE must make them. Right? Of course right.