Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for October 22, 2024

oh boy !!! that’s …. a real torture ain’t it ? o_O

Europeans originally carved turnips. It was Americans who first carved pumpkins.

Wonder if the Jamestown settlers started the pumpkin thing!!!

Halloween comes from the Celtic festival of Samhain, which predates Christianity. As with Christmas, the Christians stole the previous pagan festival to convert more people to their sect. Pumpkin carving comes from the Irish and Scottish tradition of carving jack o’lanterns in swedes, or turnips.

How does one wear a banana? Like a bandana?

I’d actually prefer Banana Pudding over Pumpkin Pie

Clayton, the Pumpkin Head!

Katy, you need something that’s hollow on the inside. Like your father’s head.

Just pictured the Headless Horseman throwing a BANANA at Ichabod Crane! Too funny!

Carve out the broccoli….

I wonder what Nick is going as?

Gotcha!

Carrying lighted veggies was part of the pagan sabbath of Samhain. All the fires of the village were extinguished, and they used the turnip lamps to get to the great bonfire. There they lit brands and carried them back to relight the home fires against the coming winter.

Bananas are for eating. Pumpkins are for carving. One exception is to mix pumpkin guts with a pound of sugar and bake it up in a fluffy crust. Then the pumpkin is eatable, but just barely.

Katy, the mind bender.

…how about a potato?

Because pumpkins and other types of squash are harvested in September and October.

How about a kumquat?

I remember Peanuts’ Woodstock carved a grape lol

The world a-gourd-ing to Katy.

“The Legend of Sleepy Hallow” sort of set that Pumkin thing going, I do believe……