29 Sept 2015

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

Each year at the same time a pumpkin festival is organized by a local farmer on his grounds and fields. It is always very cheerful and for all ages. The weather was also beautiful and warm.



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.

more participants here

16 comments:

  1. Whoa! Amazing varieties of pumpkins!
    Terrific captures!

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  2. 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

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  3. mmmmmmm, pumpkins.... yummy, yummy... what a nice festival of colors, shapes, and I am sure of scents.

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  4. Who 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.

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  5. The gourds are wonderful!!!
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  6. They have arranged the pumpkins so decoratively. It's a feast of colour.

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  7. What fun. It's like a harvest festival. I wish we had something like that over here.

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  8. Great fun to see this wonderful display of pumpkins in all colours and shapes! Thanks for sharing this pleasant event!
    Have a great week!
    Wil, ABCW Team.

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  9. 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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  10. Beautiful scenery and great color variety! It's always nice to see Charlie having a good time.

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  11. How many shades of orange, yellow and green....such a feast for the eye

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  12. Oh, what fun! I love pumpkins.

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  13. The 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.

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  14. Sounds a nice event ! I would to be there with you, Nicole and Charlie !

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  15. Those are beautiful baskets. And so many different kinds of pumpkins, squash and gourds. - Margy

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  16. Beautiful 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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