~ BOO-TEA-FUL Halloween Wishes Pink Saturday ~

This gorgeous pumpkin arrived from Celeste @ http://larearose.blogspot.com/ for my birthday. I was stunned to receive such a beautiful gift from her, but she knows my passion for barns ... & created this awesome gift for me. THANK YOU Celeste, you are the sweetest!

This beauty sits in our bay window on a vintage white

milk glass cake stand.

The above pumpkin arrived all gifted in the most beautiful wrappings & bows.

History ~ The jack-o'-lantern evolved from a medieval Irish tradition of using, carved-out, candlelit turnips as lanterns. The turnips were placed on gateposts to ward off evil spirits. Irish immigrants in America began using the more easily carved native pumpkin for their jack-o'-lanterns.

THANK YOU Miss Beverly our wonderful hostess of PINK SATURDAY. Please visit all the other lovely ladies @ http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Ansel & Tatiana planted their pumpkin seeds in our little garden patch ... Poppy delivered these cuties to them. There were some happy kid-lings.

Last year I bought a couple of white pumpkins to use this year ... I painted them PINK, of course, because the white just did NOTHING (see last porch picture before I painted it) on the front porch nestled in the basket.

I have to say that it sure 'popped' in the basket once painted ...

This is our other pumpkin touches for the front porch.

Thought it turned out pretty festive ...

This is a store we passed on our southern trip ... they were loaded with pumpkins of every size & color.