Now that Thanksgiving is around the corner and autumn is nearly over, I thought that I would celebrate some photographs taken at the annual Pumpkin Festival.
I came home with some banana bread, hot chilli sauce (yummy), and butternut squash pesto. (I'm still trying to decide how to best use the pesto.)
The weather was surprisingly good for October, and there was some sunshine. I was a little disappointed that there was not more to offer in terms of pumpkins; I only saw one jack 'o' lantern, though pumpkins have not been adopted by the British as much. I saw pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, and pumpkin curry, but that was the extent of pumpkin used in food. (Pumpkin ice cream, pie, cookies, and other foods would have been delicious; I love pumpkin and cannot get enough of it at this time of year.)
Happy Thanksgiving, and enjoy your pumpkin treats.
Half a pumpkin for sale, waiting to be made into delicious treats.
A pumpkin jack 'o' lantern cupcake. It was vanilla and tasty.
One of the many scarecrows along the scarecrow walkway; notice the pile of pumpkins in the background.
This view is taken from the Royal Victoria Country Park, where the Pumpkin Festival was taking place. Trees are silhouetted against the water; the Southampton oil refinery can be seen in the background, and ferries use this stretch of water.
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