Tag: Pumpkin

2019, In The Garden

Our Greenhouse/Garden In Early May 2019

Tanja

The plants are doing great in the greenhouse. We have tiny tomatoes showing under the blossoms. When the fruits are bigger, I will blog and show some photos of them. But right now, they are still very small. One of our Lemon Basil plants began to bloom. The fennel is getting bigger, which will be a great host for Black Swallowtail Caterpillars in Summer. The Shasta Daisies are flourishing. The peppers are still tiny. Once it gets warmer, they will start to grow bigger, too. I have to be patient with them.

Lemon Basil Blossoms
Fennel
Shasta Daisy Droplets
The bell pepper looks like a miniature boxing glove.

Last Winter, I dumped a Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin in the compost. Now, we have seedlings growing out of it. We will leave them all in there and hope they make it. Probably only the strongest will survive. If we get a pumpkin or two out of it, that would be awesome. And if we not, it will be fun to see how far along the seedlings will grow in that pile. Hey, the tomatoes grow on almost a foot of kitchen compost. Why shouldn’t it work for the pumpkins, right?! 😉 The broccoli is done! It blooms and soon will go to seed. I’ll collect them for the next season. I’m surprised, how well the Rosemary does in the raised bed. This herb usually likes well drained soil and not much rain.

We have pumpkin seedlings growing in the compost.
Our broccoli blooms and will go to seed soon.
Rosemary
2018

Little Autumn Pumpkin

Tanja

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Little Pumpkin played “Hide-and-Seek” with me one Autumn afternoon, several years back.

Little Pumpkin is hiding in the Autumn foliage.
Little Pumpkin thought it can hide from me. 😉

Happy Autumn!

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2018

Smashing Pumpkins …

Tanja

… after Halloween has been a tradition in our family for over a decade. Back in the days, when Katelynn was little, Kevin smashed it for her. And Katelynn kicked the Pumpkin all over the backyard. These days, the girls are big enough to smash them themselves.

Katelynn picked a pumpkin from the frontyard and smashed it in the backyard. Sara watched her and saw, how much fun her big sister had with the Jack-o-Lantern. She ran out to the front, picked a pumpkin, dragged it in the backyard and kicked it. Luis looked at the girls and those “Jacks”. He was not sure, what to think of this game. He sniffed around the pumpkins, when the girls were done. We leave the smashed vegetables out in the grass. Mr. Squirrel, Mrs. Rabbit, and Mrs. Cottontail might pick on them, before the pumpkins become nutrition for the soil.

Sara has so much fun, destroying the pumpkins.
Katelynn rips the pumpkin in small pieces.

Video of Pumpkin Smashing: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132943299@N07/43905969100/in/album-72157678416071305/

2018

Halloween 2018

Tanja

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First it looked very bleak for Trick-or-Treat. But when I picked up Katelynn from school, she mentioned something about “Trunk-or-Treat” in her school gym. “… Maybe Sara would be interested in it, since it rains”, she said. Kevin went with the girls, and Katelynn’s friend to the High School. And when it stopped raining, they went Trick-or-Treating in the neighborhood. My job was to get the pizza in the oven and give out candy.

Since Luis barks too much, I had him in the backyard. But somehow he managed to open the patio door and came back in. He was in, but Lexi and the cats were out. Luis ended up in Sara’s room; Lexi came back in; Joshua spent some time in the garage; and Chewbacca kept checking out the backyard, until he got tired of getting “rained on” from the trees.

“Ranger” in front of the Halloween tree.
This year’s Jack-o-Lanterns

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2018

The Night Before Halloween

Tanja

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Tonight I checked my decoration and lights, before the big day tomorrow. On Halloween, it suppose to rain all day. I don’t know, if we can go to Trick-or-Treat. But we have a Plan B, in case that part falls in the water. I will spend most of the day, carving pumpkins and cooking a good Vegetable Beef Soup. Who knows, maybe I get a little fire going in the fire place.

Ceramic Pumpkin
Skull & Lights
Spooky ghosts fly across the wall.
Ceramic Gourd

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2018

Halloween Season (Part V) ~ (2015 – 2016)

Tanja

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Today is the last “Halloween Season Monday”. Since I blogged last year, I don’t need to include 2017. If you like to take a look, just click on October 2017 in my Archives list.

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2015

Katelynn and Sara celebrated Halloween as a Pirate and a Witch. The neighbors were asking, if they can take the girls to “Trick-or-Treat” with them, since their girls said it would be more fun with more people. They all went to Deerfield in Plano, while Kevin and I stayed to give out candy at home. It was a quiet Halloween for sure. We had only a few kids.

Halloween Decor at our front entrance in 2015
The Graveyard I
Jack Sparrow and the Flying Dutchman (2015)
The Graveyard II
Sara as a lil’ Witch; Katelynn as a Pirate
The foggy Graveyard

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2016

In 2016, we went to quite a few events with the kids: Fall Festival at a local nursery, pumpkin farm, 5K Pumpkin Run at Joe Pool Lake, State Fair of Texas, etc. Our October was very busy.

Sara decorates her pumpkin with seeds and stickers.
This pumpkin could make a witch jealous. 😀 😉
I love this photo! Sara looks so adorable. ❤
Sara plays ‘Candy Corn Bowling’.
Katelynn shows Sara how easy it is to feed the livestock.
Sara overcame her fear and fed goats of all sizes.
The girls enjoy the hayride.
Katelynn and Sara are ready to go to “Trick-or-Treat”.
Happy Friday 13th!
The spell speaking witch
“On The Fence” Pumpkin 2016
Sara’s Pumpkin 2016
Katelynn’s Pumpkin 2016

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~ The End ~

2018

Halloween Is Near!

Tanja

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The little witch cackles: “Halloween is near! Six more days, until all the little ghosts, goblins, and witches will roam the streets and look for some candy and treats. Until then, I keep this pumpkin glowing with pumpkin-spiced candles. Happy Halloween, everyone!”

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I found this little witch in our local second hand store. A good find for Halloween. 😉

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2018

Halloween Season (Part IV) ~ (2013 – 2014)

Tanja

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It’s another “Halloween Season Monday”! This time, I talk about the years 2013 & 2014. Both years, we also went to the “Family Fright Night Camp Out” in The Colony.

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2013

In 2013, we decided we wanted to register for the “Family Fright Night Camp Out” in our city. It’s an annual event on the lake peninsula in Stewart Creek Park. We brought our camping gear, Halloween decoration and lots of candy. The event has costume competitions, Halloween decoration competitions, scream competition, Trick-or Treat, Movie Night, etc. The girls loved the camping in the park. For the Halloween season, I carved five pumpkins. Three we used for the above event. And then I carved another two for the girls on Halloween.

DIY candle jars, I decorated with the kids for this event.
Our dancing little witch. It was also her 4th Birthday. (2013)
Cozy or Spooky? 😉 (2013)
Halloween is near! (2013)
Katelynn and Sara go to “Trick-or-Treat” in the neighborhood. (2013)
Death (2013)
House Entrance 2013
Katelynn’s bike in the slightly overgrown yard, gives it the extra creepiness. (2013)

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2014

As the previous year, we went to the “Family Fright Night Camp Out” again. In 2014, it was much warmer than the prior year. We brought our fire pit to have a little campfire going, this time. The girls had fun. And I won the pumpkin carving contest. Hey, $50 in form of a gift card is not bad. I actually repeated that again, on Halloween. Kevin brought the pumpkin I carved for Halloween to the Italian restaurant down the road. They had it as a display for the night. And a few days later, they called me back saying, I won a $50 gift card. This was a good and creative season. 😀

Courtney, the neighbor’s daughter, carved a really cool-looking pumpkin. (2014)
Halloween silhouettes in Sara’s Window (2014)
Halloween Window Silhouettes (2014)
Halloween Window Silhouettes (2014)
DIY Pet Ghost (2014)
The new witch & the Halloween table setting (2014)
Mummy & Pumpkin Lanterns (2014)
Festive Dragon (October 2014)
“What do you think? Should we eat it now, or should we wait until after Halloween?” ~ “I’m hungry!!!” (October 2014)
Courtney’s cat, Tangles, posed for Halloween pictures in 2014.
Trick-o-Treat Mickey Pumpkin 2014
The Headless Horseman Pumpkin 2014
The Witches Brew Pumpkin 2014
It seems like Linus finally found the Great Pumpkin 😉 (2014)
Happy Owl-oween! (2014)
Katelynn as a Pirate (2014)
Katelynn and Sara at the Family Fright Night Campout in The Colony. (2014)
Sara at the costume contest (2014)
Glass Jar: Zombie (2014)
One of the coolest pumpkins, I’ve ever carved. We won a $50 gift card in a local restaurant for this one.

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… to be continued next Monday, October 29, 2018 …

2018

Our Halloween Outdoor Decoration 2018

Tanja

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Kevin and I had the Halloween decoration up, since September 30th. The last couple of weekends we’ve got rained out, so we couldn’t finish setting the lights up. But we finally could do it today. I’m so happy the lights are done. On Halloween, we get the witch out.

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After all the rain, the rest of the Halloween lights are up finally this weekend.

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