Happy Halloween 2017

This is one for you to color and one I colored. Well, it is always Halloween at my house but today is special because everyone else is celebrating along with me.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy October 2017: Halloween Octopus and Mermaid : Color

When I showed this colored version to someone, they were amazed at how color can be used to organize an image. I love the sparkling texture with lost and found shapes in the black and white line art version; but it is interesting how the colored piece appears less "busy" but still has all the same details.

 

 

 

Scanned pencils, digital finishes.

©erniekwiat2017

 

Pumpkin Beer

My beer intake during a typical year is only one or two bottles, and I have never tried a pumpkin beer. It is the taste of alcohol that I dislike. Oddly, the heaver bodied wines and beers I usually prefer have the higher percentage of alcohol.

Last summer I did drink a heavy textured beer with coffee in it, Kona Moon Porter. It went very well with a dinner my friends had cooked. With my love of all things pumpkin, I am very tempted to try a pumpkin beer this upcoming Halloween season.

Like with choosing an unfamiliar wine, I may be influenced by a label when making a choice of one to try.

Welcome to AUTUMN 2011!






UPDATE:


I was in the supermarket and saw this pumpkin beer from a local micro-brewery. I bought a 6-pack that will last me a few years… unless I use some of it for cooking.

Halloween 2010

My pumpkins were a bit lonely last night. They had to stay at home, as I went to spend the day with friends. I hope everyone had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

With seven and a half weeks until Halloween, I harvested my first batch of pumpkins this afternoon. The stems on these beauties were dry, so I thought I should store them in a cool dry place. There are another 8 or 9 pumpkin that still have green stems or were not quite all orange yet, so I left them to ripen further.

There was one more pumpkin that didn't make it to the table. As I was picking the pumpkins and lining them up at the edge of the garden, I could hear a small noise above and to the right of me. I noticed a woman at a window of the apartment building next to mine. Within a few minutes a small child joined the woman at the window. I waved and they waved back. I remember them watching me as I planted my garden back in the Spring. I picked out a very nice symmetrical medium sized pumpkin and pointed to it. They smiled and nodded The woman came down and to the fence with a big grin and a thank you. I passed over the pumpkin to her. There is something about pumpkins that makes people smile.

Halloween 2008 Report

Last night was another quiet Halloween, with no trick-or-treaters. I had my pumpkin soup and a sweet potato pie for company. I still have the pumpkin line-up from last night on my kitchen table, on this rainy Saturday; so, it seems like a good way to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead.

That small center pumpkin is the sole volunteer from my pumpkin patch. It is still a yellow-orange with green vein in it. It was the closest to a ripe pumpkin I had. Here is it's noble portrait from last night's monster feast, as it watched Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein with me.

Get Ready to Carve

If you need any inspiration for carving this year's jolly, or jaundiced, jack-o-lantern, take a trip over to Extreme Pumpkins. They have lots of useful information about everything from carving tools to roasting the seeds, pumpkin preservation - and more.

Looking for Signs of Halloween

Another sign that Halloween is on the way is when the pun'kins appear at my local grocery store. Early one morning this week I walked to the store and there they were - those glorious orange squashes. Today I finally took my digital camera with me to click a photo.