As previously noted in the blog-o-sphere by yours truly, Dianne and I do not do Halloween...So why do I have two seasonally relevant postings?Well, I was reminded this week, that while Chris was growing up his favorite "holiday" activity was punkin' carvin'...
He used to take great joy in going to King Soopers and climbing into the pumpkin bin to capture the biggest best shaped pumpkin for carving.
He would grind me to no end until said pumpkin was acquired and then the carving could begin.
I would "gut" the pumpkin and carve a rudimentary jack-o-lantern....which caused two things to happen...
- Chris would be amazed at the gore of pulling out the pumpkins innards (brains).
- Post carving - He would proudly examine his "JACK O' LEONARD"...
That's right...you know how kids sometime pronounce word and sayings as they hear them so to Chris - Jack O'Lantern = Jack O'Leonard
As Chris got older and more mobile, he would buy his own pumpkin and gut and carve it by himself.As the gutting began, he would choke and wretch, but complete the task with much better carvings than I had ever done...he is an artist after all....
This practise continued through his college years and guess what?...He is still at it and getting better every year...See what the McCain campaign volunteer did this week:
As time goes on, the more things change...the more things stay the same....This one's for you "Pug's"
2 comments:
no way! That is awesome, great job Chris.
Luv,
Des
cute post!
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