The pumpkins by the front door for the Halloween decorations
had been sitting on the grass (which is not so good for the grass).
The Halloween kitties got put away in the attic and the
pumpkins got moved to the base of the urns after October 31st.
It looked nice/OK on the front porch like that.
Then I saw Rhoda's (from the blog Southern Hospitality)
picture of a huge pumpkin pile at the Country Living Fair
in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
That photo made me start thinking that it wouldn't take
too many more pumpkins on my porch for me to make
a mini-pile-o-pumpkins in front of the urns.
A call went out in Kopy Kat Kottage for all faux pumpkins
to report to the front porch (except you guys...
...I like you too much just where you are).
Even faux pumpkins still in the attic that had been
deemed as too crummy to use this year, got brought into
the daylight and had some paint slapped on them.
When I was emptying out a canvas bag holding a mess
of faux pumkins onto the ground, a family of roaches got
dumped out too. I had been wondering what was happening
with some of my faux pumpkins having their finish just
disappear leaving only foam...now I think I know why.
The standards for being in the pumpkin piles were very low.
Even if the roaches had eaten some of your finish away,
as long as it didn't show in the pile, you qualified.
The real (and therefore heavy) pumpkins formed the base
around the urns. The contents of the urns are some hardy summer zinnias and mandevilla growing up iron obelisks.
The bright green sweet potato plants were added in
September. Assorted faux Fall leaves and flowers have
been gradually added on top of the live plants.
Some weather-resistant objects from the attic were utilized to
help serve as support for the other tiers of pumpkins.
After seeing the finished product in these photos,
(things I didn't notice in "real life") there are some
changes that I would make in how they were
stacked but with only a couple of weeks before
Thanksgiving, they are going to stay "as is".
Here is a view of the pumpkin piles from the mailbox:
The mini-pumpkin patch by the mailbox got a few faux
baby pumpkins added to it also (leftovers from the piles).
Some more faux Fall leaves have been added to the
mailbox too.
The real flowers down at the mailbox have loved the
cooler (as is "not scorching" summer) weather and have
actually revived and started blooming again.
Hopefully we won't have too windy of weather in the next
couple of weeks 'cause not all the faux pumpkins and
gourds are wired down. The neighbors might be
couple of weeks 'cause not all the faux pumpkins and
gourds are wired down. The neighbors might be
seeing me chasing plastic/foam pumpkins down the street.
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