October 31, 2003

my favorite holiday! this is a picture of my pumpkin. he was cute, for about a day. i bought a small one, carved him and put a tea light in him. the one night i lit him, the tea light burnt the underside of the stem, which eventually caved in and fell off. jon suggested i put a spare night light in him that changes color -- spooky effects, right? the night light was as big as the inside of the pumpkin, and while it did look pretty cool changing colors, i only turned it on for one night. the sad pumpkin lasted about a week, started growing some funky mold on the inside, and got thrown away yesterday. poor thing never even made it to halloween! anyway... happy halloween!!
Vaseline! I read if you coat your pumpkin with vaseline it prolongs the life of your pumpkin. It makes sense, that if you give all exposed fleshy areas a sealent that it will not lose as much moisture and wilt. I carved my pumpkin well over two weeks ago and with the vaseline-Halloween peeked before my pumpkin did.
Posted by: robyn at November 3, 2003 08:33 AM
