When Autumn Comes to the Pumpkin Patch

Mixed media on paper.

Kun syksy tulee kurpitsan laastariin (When autumn comes to the pumpkin patch)

My (Finnish) great grandfather had a garden where he grew pumpkins. When he harvested his pumpkins, he lined them up or arranged them into a pile and photographed them. I did not know this until November of 2020 when I finally opened the stack of photo albums I had inherited, which were once his. At that very time, the pumpkins and gourds I had grown that season were arranged on my table and on our porch. It was only a couple of days after Halloween.

Herra kurpitsa pää ja Sylvia (Mr. Pumpkinhead and Sylvia)

For nearly thirty years, I’ve been making up stories about Mr. Pumpkinhead. For several years, I have been publishing them to their own blog. Click here to visit misterpumpkinhead.blogspot.com

ruusunmarjat ja kurpitsa (rose hips and pumpkins)

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