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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Pumpkins galore


We don't really celebrate Halloween over here and certainly not Thanksgiving but there are a sizeable minority of people who do engage in trick-or-treating, dress up for the occasion or carve pumpkins &c.

I took this photo inside Morrisons earlier this month. Later on I saw that Asda were selling pumpkins at £1 each. Supplies seem to have dried up as I didn't see any in Morrisons last weekend (not that I was especially looking).

There has been a lot of posting of pumpkins on blogs this last month so for all those who haven't yet had their fill of pumpkins, check out this lot and have a happy halloween, thanksgiving or whatever. Just don't come trick-or-treating at my door.

American Fork DP ~~Anderson DP ~~ Another Las Vegas DP ~~ Barcelona Photoblog ~~ Based in Villigen ~~ Bellefonte, PA — Photo a Day ~~ Cheltenham DP ~~ Colorado Springs DP ~~ Daily Dose of Imagery ~~ Dusty Lens ~~ Evry DP ~~ Gadget Lady's Photoblog ~~ Grandfogger ~~ Greetings from Orlando, Florida ~~ Great Pumpkin Massacre ~~ Guildwood Gardens ~~ In Good Light (1) ~~ In Good Light (2) ~~ Inverness, Illinois DP ~~ Jackson DP ~~ Kansas City DP ~~ Kyle DP ~~ Liège Urbain ~~ Mandy's Meanderings ~~ Miss B in NYC ~~ Mr. Mapper ~~ New York City DP ~~ NYC Taxi Photo ~~ Own Little Universe ~~ Paderborn DP ~~ Photowannabe ~~ Picture a Day of Regina, Saskatchewan ~~ Pin-ups from Portland ~~ Port Angeles DP ~~ Present Tense ~~ Princess Haiku ~~ River Falls DP ~~ Rogers Park in 1,000 words ~~ St. Louis DP Blog ~~ Seattle DP ~~ Selma, Ala. DP ~~ Seguin Photo Blog ~~ Sequim DP ~~ Shanghai (China) DP ~~ Sharon DP ~~ Silver Spring DP ~~ Synchronizing ~~ Tog of Coral Gables DP ~~ Toruń DP ~~ Visual St Paul (1) ~~ Visual St Paul (2) ~~ Wailea DP ~~ Walk Through Durham Township ~~ West Sacramento Photo of the Day ~~ Zürich DP

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

We're not carving a Jack-o-Lantern this year. But that's ok. Nice pumpkins!

joy
Norwich Daily Photo

Anonymous said...

Hello and thank you very much for including my blog in your "Pumpkins galore" posting.
Greetings and Happy Halloween
from Toronto Canada

TORUŃ DAILY PHOTO said...

Thanks so much for including my posting in your link. If it's OK with you...can I also put the same links on my page?

Anonymous said...

Hi, Gerald. Fun post, worth exploring. Thank you for linking my blog Atlantic Ave.

Tom said...

Gerald you have spoiled my plans now.... I was going to dress up as 'Uncle Fester' from the Adams Family and come knocking at your door tonight. I've even had my head shaved specially...

No not really, we are lucky the kids around here normally come with their parents and we look forward to seeing the same one again this year. We look at it as a nice friendly way of meeting the youngsters for the area, and most will say hello and smile when they see us. I know certain areas are having trouble with youths, I hope you don't.

KC said...

What fun!! Thanks for including my link too!! I just love this time of year.

The Gadget Lady

Anonymous said...

Haha- so these are the pumkin monsters before they develop their night-time personalities...
Planet Earth Daily Photo-Halloween Theme
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Ruth said...

Thanks for the link, fun! :)

lv2scpbk said...

Thanks for all the pumpkin sites and adding me to the list.

marley said...

Thanks for adding me to your link to all those pumpkin pictures. There are some great pics out there.

Kate said...

Tricks or treats, Gerald!!!!!!

Olivier said...

voila une tres bonne idee, merci pour cette collection de liens sur Halloween.
Alors, je te souhaite un Happy Halloween

This is a very good idea, thank you for this collection of links on Halloween.
So, I wish you a Happy Halloween

pusa said...

we dont really have a halloween tradition as well but still have a happy halloween =)

Keropokman said...

i think i only enjoy roast pumpkin soup and not all this trick a treating. haha....

Andrea said...

Thanks for including my blog in your Pumpkins Galore. I do have more pumpkins than the page you posted so feel free to take a look on my blog for more.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

AVCr8teur said...

Happy Halloween Gerald. Your great pumpkin list is impressive.

NYC taxi photo said...

thank you for including me in this great company, Happy Halloween, or just happy change of season to you and all

Unknown said...

What a great idea! Thanks for adding my blog to your list. Now on to the next holiday...

Port Angeles Daily Photo

kuanyin333 said...

Mahalo for adding my pumpkin photo to the list! Blessings!

Scott Johnson said...

Thank you for including me in your listings. And thank you very much for creating the list! It is interesting to see this as a sort of mini-theme.

Lori said...

Thanks for the link! I really like your pumpkin photo. I think they must be less expensive in the U.K. than here. Great shot!

Kim said...

Gerald, what a lovely surprise to be included in your pumpkin post links. Very kind of you, and fun to look at all the other blog posts featuring the orange orbs ;^). You must have a small expat community of North Americans that the stores cater to. Now I'm curious if pumpkin pie is a common fall/winter desert in your area, or is it also mainly a North American phenomenon. How about pumpkin soup? Best to you!
-Kim
Seattle Daily Photo

Gerald (SK14) said...

Hi Kim and everyone else

I don't think there many ex-pat Americans in the area at all. There are certainly a lot of kids having fun with halloween - I think its popularity over here is partly a result of the Harry Potter phenomenon. I think some schools have been taking part in a pumpkin decoration competition.

I don't know of anyone here who makes pumpkin pie or pumpkin soup but then I don't move in such circles so there might be quite a lot.

I had one group of four kids dressed up in hallowen costumes come trick-or-treating earlier this evening and not expecting any more now. I gave them some toffees. I think their parents were hovering in the background.

Here the big event that overshadows Halloween is Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire Night the 5th November. We've had nightly fireworks since the middle of last week and expect them continue until the end of November!

lori they work out about the equivalent of $2 - $7 depending on size - and these are supermarket prices - is that cheap or expensive?

Carlos Lorenzo said...

This is a great compilation of links. Happy Halloween

Unknown said...

Greetings from Seguin, once again Gerald. Long time no pictures from me I know. Thank you for coming by Seguin. It was very nice to see you there once again. Have a wonderful rest of the week and Happy Halloween to you.

Bill Morton said...

Thank you for linking my RP1000 story, Georges Pumpkin Patch in your Pumpkins galore feature.

I also appreciate the other pumpkin links, as I am a big fan of Halloween.

- Bill Morton
Rogers Park in 1,000 Words

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