It’s a dark, brisk night.  You are walking on your way to a party as the wind is howling and the leaves swirl around in the air with the distant sound of a galloping horse…

The lore, of what is the cultural phenomenon of Halloween is interesting and somewhat mystifying.  However one of the facts this time of the year is the annual celebration of the pumpkin harvest.  So how do we celebrate these cool looking, uniquely sized and shaped gourds?

The answer:  With a blade. Carefully, carving them up…

As the flesh and seeds of the pumpkin are reserved for culinary purposes, the hollowed shell remains a piece for those creative souls to transform them into their own unique luminary expressions of art.  The pumpkin carved in the form of a face, a pattern, really anything imaginable, next brought to life by the light of a lamp or candle.

During those dark, brisk nights leading up to October 31^st, Jack O’Lanterns will adorn patios, windowsills, and porches.  Maybe even upon the shoulders of an infamous headless character in a Sleepy Hollow near you…

Happy Halloween!!