Carving Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins last week!  Jordan carved a big orange one, Jess carved and painted the big white one, and I (Michelle) carved and inked a butternut squash, while Jessica looked on and knitted.

I don't know what kind of squash the white pumpkin was, but it was much heavier and denser than the orange one, with walls at least an inch thick when hollowed out.  Jess turned it into a painted clown.

Jordan did an elaborate carving of a headless horseman on his orange pumpkin.  The photo below is work in progress.  The final work ended up being eaten by a squirrel, before evidence of the intricateness of the final carving could be photographed.

I recently discovered the art of Zentangle doodles, and drew some in with black ink (pen) on one of the 4 layers of my carved butternut squash. 

And so as not to waste perfectly good vegetables, I made pancakes out of the carved pumpkin pulp, and roasted the seeds (sprinkled with salt, pepper, garlic salt and paprika, and tossed in canola oil - yum!).