Pumpkin # 6 – Pumpkinstein

10.26.2011 Uncategorized

We are off to the Astoria Bloggers Social tonight, but we wanted to share todays pumpkin. . . Pumpkinstein (pronounced pum.kin.shteen). Enjoy!

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Pumpkin #5 (But Hoooo’s Counting)

10.25.2011 Design

I decided that I had to try my hand at a truly intricate carving, but I couldn’t think of anything to carve. . . So, I decided to walk the dogs and say hi to our friend Mackenzi over at Site. When I got there I was completely inspired by this owl pitcher. I snapped [...]

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Adventures in 3-D or Pumpkins #2-4

10.23.2011 Design

If you’ve been following this blog closely, you may be beginning to notice that we are not a family that likes to make things simple. In fact, we frequently look at each other in the midst of a project and freely admit that we have made a mountain out of a mole hill. This is true [...]

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Pumpkin #1-Bee Love

10.20.2011 Design

I absolutely love bees. We have enjoyed building a garden where they feel comfortable and we are very much looking forward to the day we have a buzzing little hive of our own. I’m even actively researching bee art for my next tattoo. When I wanted to carve our first pumpkin of the season, it [...]

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Pumpkins are A’Blaze’

10.18.2011 Get to Know Us

If you have curcurbitophobia (fear of pumpkins), then the week of posts we have planned may not be for you. But if you have a soft spot for the amazing orange member of the squash family that we carve, paint, sculpt, eat, and turn into a festival of Halloween joy, then you absolutely must go [...]

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Fall Pumpkin Picking

10.17.2011 Eating Out
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It is officially fall and we had one of the most seasonal weekends we could have ever imagined. This Saturday we hit the road and went out to meet Erich’s family in Suffolk County, Long Island. What better way to spend an October weekend than to soak up some sun, see your family, and pay homage [...]

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Fall Garden Update

10.14.2011 Gardening
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Fall gardening is different. You only have to water when it doesn’t rain, and lets face it if you live in the northeast. . . it rains. If we had pruned our tomato plants more and staggered their planting by a few weeks we would probably still be pulling tomatoes from the garden, but we [...]

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Wintergreen, the evergreen

10.11.2011 Gardening

I have always loved the taste of wintergreen.  It manages to be both cooling and calming, somehow astringent and wholesome.  And, of course, Wint-O-Green Life Savers spark in the dark.  Despite my love of it, I never thought to seek out the origin of this flavoring, which as it turns out is used in root [...]

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Pumpkins- from Patch to Porch

10.08.2011 Baking

The word October is practically synonymous with pumpkins- either word will evoke the images and smells we have come to associate with Autumn. The word pumpkin actually comes from the Greek pepon (πέπων), which means “large melon”and should come as no surprise to any gardener who has grown them.  Pumpkins are in the Cucurbitaceae family, which also includes [...]

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Why Everyone Should Be Eating Chia Seeds

10.06.2011 Fitness

There was a good portion of both of our lives where we could have started most stories with, “When I was drunk …” These days lots of our stories begin with “When we were raw…” Such is the case with our introduction to chia seed. When we were raw we were always thinking about where [...]

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