Fall colors are everywhere – the trees, the leaves on the ground, and in some certain foods that ripen this time of year … like pumpkins. Halloween is perfectly suited, by nature, for pumpkin carving. This last weekend we headed down to Portland for a pumpkin party hosted by the Savages. This meant a feast of foods: two kinds of chili, accompanied by two kinds of cornbread, pumpkin cake and pumpkin bread, cookies and caramel-dipped apples. Nobody left half-full.
Caramel and chocolate-dipped apples, hand crafted by Allyson Savage
Erin and Stephanie at work on their masterpieces
Kellen and his masterpiece
After stuffing ourselves with food, we carried our gourds and crafting supplies outside for some creative carving. There were a few kids present, we got a kick out of hearing their take on our pumpkins and theirs. What was spooky and what wasn’t? What “should” a jack-o-lantern look like?
Allyson and her Moonstruck pumpkin
Finished jack-o-lanterns
