What color is October?
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| Orange rose hips at Merry Mount |
A Change
of Mood
In scarlet hues, along country lanes
Berries greet the eye.
Hawthorn, rosehip, bramble too
The season passes by.
A change of mood pervades the air,
A subtle slowing down.
Summer soon will take a bow,
As autumn dons her crown.
From history.com:
In the United States, pumpkins go hand in hand with the
fall holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving. An orange fruit harvested in
October, this nutritious and versatile plant features flowers, seeds and flesh
that are edible and rich in vitamins. Pumpkin is used to make soups, desserts
and breads, and many Americans include pumpkin pie in their Thanksgiving meals.
Carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns is a popular Halloween tradition that
originated hundreds of years ago in Ireland. Back then, however,
jack-o’-lanterns were made out of turnips or potatoes; it wasn’t until Irish
immigrants arrived in America and discovered the pumpkin that a new Halloween
ritual was born.
Happy
October!
CPW
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