America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
Today's Adventure:
Picking Pumpkins & Photo Shoot
The fleece hats say: "Perfect Pumpkins - Made in China" - just like two of my daughters!
Daughters, Faith and Sarah, are five years older than my granddaughter, Megan Jewell.
They are more like sisters.
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah with Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
What do you get if you divide
the circumference of a
pumpkin
by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi.
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah with Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
"Its bizarre
that the produce manager
is more important to
my children's health
than the pediatrician."
Meryl Streep,
American Actress of Theater, Television & Film
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| Apple Gourds. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Picking Pumpkins!
The Christophers, Missouri farmers, sell their produce
in Missouri in Blue Springs (2620 SW 7 Highway)
and in Liberty (421 N. 291 Highway).
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| Daughter Sarah and Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
The
first gatherings
of the garden in May of salads,
radishes and herbs
made me
feel
like a mother about her baby -
how could anything so beautiful be
mine.
And this emotion of wonder
filled me for each vegetable
as it was
gathered every year.
There is nothing that
is comparable to it,
as satisfactory or as thrilling,
as gathering the
vegetables
one has grown.
Alice B. Toklas
(April 30, 1877 – March 7, 1967)
American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde
of the early 20th century.
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Better to
eat vegetables
and fear no creditors,
than eat duck and hide from them.
The Talmud
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| Daughter Faith. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Family Halloween Recipes
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:
http://www.pumpkinmasters.com/recipes.asp
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Daughter Faith. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah with Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Eat, drink and be scary.
Author Unknown
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Zucchinis terrific!
Like bunnies, prolific!
Like bunnies, prolific!
Author Unknown
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| Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
"A grandmother pretends
she doesn't know
who you are on Halloween."
Erma Bombeck
(1927-1996)
(1927-1996)
American Humorist, Writer, Columnist, Journalist
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah with Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Halloweenie! Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
"Let first the onion flourish there,
Rose among the roots, the maiden-fair
Wine scented and poetic soul
of the capacious salad bowl."
Rose among the roots, the maiden-fair
Wine scented and poetic soul
of the capacious salad bowl."
Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850-1894)
Scottish Novelist, Poet, Essayist and Travel Writer
Most Famous Works:
Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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| Daughter Sarah. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
"In
order to live off a garden,
you practically have to live in it."
Frank McKinney Hubbard
(1868-1930)
American Cartoonist, Humorist, Journalist
Known by his pen name "Kin" Hubbard
Creator of the cartoon "Abe Martin of Brown County" -
which ran in U.S. newspapers from 1904 until his death in 1930.
He originated many political quips that remain in use.
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah with Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Check out the creative things you can make from gourds!!!
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah with Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Daughter Faith. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
The
greatest service
which can be rendered any country
is to add a useful plant
to
its culture.
Thomas
Jefferson
(1743 – 1826)
American Founding Father,
Principal Author of Declaration of Independence in 1776,
Third President of the United States (1801-1809)
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
My choice:
the exotic Peanut Pumpkin, a Decorator pumpkin.
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Our pumpkins...made it safely home to our front porch.
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| Before Carving Pumpkins: Our Front Porch. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Let the pumpkin carving begin!
History of Pumpkin Masters
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:
http://www.pumpkinmasters.com/company.asp
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| Daughters Faith and Sarah with Granddaughter Megan. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
We purchased a book and carving tools.
My girls broke the tools within the first 20 minutes.
The patterns in the book are great,
and we found additional patterns online.
FREE
PUMPKIN CARVING PATTERNS
PUMPKIN CARVING PATTERNS
CLICK on the link or COPY & PASTE the link in your browser:
http://www.pumpkinmasters.com/free-patterns.asp
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Sarah baked
pumpkin seeds.
Family
Halloween Recipes
CLICK on the link
or COPY & PASTE the link
n your browser:
http://www.pumpkinmasters.com/recipes.asp
The
trouble is,
you cannot grow just one zucchini.
Minutes after you plant a
single seed,
hundreds of zucchini
will barge out of the ground
and sprawl
around the garden,
menacing the other vegetables.
At night, you will be
able
to hear the ground quake
as more and more zucchinis erupt.
Dave Barry
(Born1947)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American Author and Columnist
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
"October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets
and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins...."
Merry October!
Rainbow Rowell,
Author of "Attachments"
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| Kansas City Chiefs Pumpkin! Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
Thanks for stopping by!
Come back often, and invite a friend!
Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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