Leftover Pumpkins

After sharing all these photos recently, I realized that I had some Halloween leftovers for you guys. I have a number of pumpkin photos as well as a few autumn plants. I thought their colors would look pretty in with the pumpkins.

I love pumpkins sitting on wood fence posts. I don't know what it is, I just always have. I really like the look of an old wood fence too, especially those split wood types. This is a funny memory to share, but I remember I had a class in high school that would sometimes get pretty boring. There was a window in the room and I would stare out of it. Part of my view was a split rail fence and for some reason I was really focused on it. 

How do you think these pumpkins have stayed on the tops of this fence all this time? Maybe they're nailed in. It seems like at the very least a squirrel should have knocked a few over.

Before I share more pumpkins, I just remembered another split wood fence pic I took! The fence in this is more split rail. The woods to the left of the street have been amazing to walk through this autumn.

Here's an example of what you'd see across the street.

And above your head:

OK, back to the pumpkins. This big one was grown in the "children's garden" where people tend to veggies through the summer. The last few years they've grown giant pumpkins and it has been fun to watch their progress.

He's a jolly one. 

See the little ants someone drew on there for the spider? And how about that crazy bat in the back?

My personal pumpkin that didn't get carved:

I like this shot of the pumpkins we had a choice of to carve. I realize I've been saying this about nearly every photo, but this one is now my computer's wallpaper. 

This big one was near the carving station too. 

Blending in:

I've found that I have a massive collection of colorful leaf and forest photos, so those will probably be next. They may even need to be split into two blog posts. The trees were beautiful at the end of October this year. 🍁

A Bright and Beautiful Day at Stein's

It's time for this year's Stein's post! What a beautiful day to take photos. The sky was a bright blue and cloudless. That blue always looks good with the orange pumpkins and decorations.  After this many years taking photos there, I know the weather conditions that look best with the displays!

Many of the ceramic pumpkins I've shared in the past were there, but there were some slight variations. 

The fence they always have up looks fitting with the Halloween decorations. 

I think this jack-o-lantern was new. He's on a stand, and my guess is that's for fire hazard reasons. Maybe you could have live flames in this more safely with it off the ground.

You might remember these ceramic jack-o-lantern pots too.

It's been so hot here that I felt lucky to photograph the pumpkins before they rotted away. They were getting near rotty as it was. I took these pics at the end of September, by the way. So it's hard to say how much longer some of these gourds lasted. It would be no problem as far as the temps being too hot right now! 

Pie pumpkins: 

Check out those stems! 

This pic was my computer wallpaper for awhile.  

Little ghost pumpkin. I think the slightly larger, fully round ones are Caspers.

There were many pretty mums as expected, but I feel like there were more colors out this year.

And some were in these pots you might remember. Every year I say I want to DIY these, but I'm not sure where I'd find the basic pots.

These flowers were new to me. They are Osteospermum. I've seen photos of Osteospermum online, but they were all light purple. This is the first time I'd seen these flowers in person and the first time I'd seen them in yellow in any way. They're called "Blue Eyed Beauty".  The very center is blue. I know at first it looks like they should be called Purple Eyed Beauty. 

They had beautiful straw flowers out! This one was my wallpaper before the yellow and orange pumpkins.

It's always fun to see the autumn floral arrangements with the decorative cabbage and peppers. These peppers look like crazy carrots or fingers to me. 

Aren't seasonal window displays fun? 

They added some new decorations this year, like this scarecrow.

So, venturing in the store here... Look who was there greeting us at the entrance! I think they named him Willy the Werewolf. 

His eyes came alive, I think in some motion sensor way. They look like maybe LED?

This is a ghost. It may be hard to tell because it has a lot of angles. It changed colors and I think it would be really pretty in the dark. 

The flasher...

Boo!

How cute are these? I like candy corn decorations so much more than the actual candy.

This towel was maybe my favorite item in the store. It reminds me of a design off a vintage candy bag. You know those little paper bags for Halloween treats?

And how great is this! Stein's had a Merry Christmas one of these out last year. Just picture it in neon red and green. These signs are pretty large and I imagine they'd look great on the side of a house or building. 

So there we have it! Another fun trip to Stein's for Halloween. My next blog post will be about all the Halloween decorations I've seen around town. I've been impressed with how DIY they've been. It's entertaining for me to see all that creativity. And it's fun to be surprised with unpredictable displays. 🦇