The back of the farm house
A part of the garden
and very original decorations all around
There were baskets for sale, but also all kind of food made out of pumpkins ! Besides the classical pumpkin soup, there were jellies and jams, cakes, cheese and even pumpkin chips ! I never thought that you could do such a lot of sweet or salty plates with pumpkins !
a huge basket around a tree
and all varieties of pumpkins !
These presentations were created for the very huge animal park Pairi Daiza, which houses for the moment two pandas and white tigers. The pumpkins will decorate the park entrance and later they are fed to elephants. Apparently they love them.
People choose their pumpkins
Charlie was delighted about the smell of the straw
The farmer had loaded kids on his tractor and drove them around the fields.
We should have done that too !
Nicole digged out her childhood skills, Charlie wasn't very interested
He preferred to go through tunnels and sniff at the pumpkins.
Before we returned home we tried out some of the pumpkin specialities but didn't buy anything.
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Whoa! Amazing varieties of pumpkins!
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Hi Gattina - what a lovely place .. I love their display of the multi shapes and multi colours of pumpkins. Pumpkins were big in South Africa ... but certainly weren't that popular in the 1970s in the UK - that I'm aware of! Seems like a good day ... with lovely weather .. cheers Hilary
ReplyDeletemmmmmmm, pumpkins.... yummy, yummy... what a nice festival of colors, shapes, and I am sure of scents.
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought there could be so many different pumpkins. My partner's father visited us in Australia and he would not eat pumpkin, saying it was only food for pigs.
ReplyDeleteThe gourds are wonderful!!!
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They have arranged the pumpkins so decoratively. It's a feast of colour.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun. It's like a harvest festival. I wish we had something like that over here.
ReplyDeleteGreat fun to see this wonderful display of pumpkins in all colours and shapes! Thanks for sharing this pleasant event!
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You have me wanting to go check out the pumpkin patches around town. I rarely buy pumpkins. Simply take photos of them. I love their bright colors.
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Beautiful scenery and great color variety! It's always nice to see Charlie having a good time.
ReplyDeleteHow many shades of orange, yellow and green....such a feast for the eye
ReplyDeleteOh, what fun! I love pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteThe pumpkin festival looks like a lot of fun, Gattina, such a variety of pumpkins and squashes! I wouldn't have imagined that elephants would love squash. I like to make pumpkin soup.
ReplyDeleteSounds a nice event ! I would to be there with you, Nicole and Charlie !
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful baskets. And so many different kinds of pumpkins, squash and gourds. - Margy
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Fall festival. Pumpkin pie more the thing here than soup .... But I bet pumpkin soup would be wonderful and healthier too!
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