Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Pumpkin carving 101

Ned posted his family's Halloween pumpkin photos on his blog so I thought I'd do the same

My older son is home sick from school. He's had his second bout with strep throat in two weeks. The antibiotics didn't work the first time around so they gave his something stronger.

This is our handiwork from earlier today. We've done fancier carving work in the past. but decided to stick with a very basic pumpkin face this year. Not scary at all.

There's something very visceral about plunging a sharp knife into a pumpkin, twisting it around and scooping out the guts. Very cathartic. We should do this more often.