a few stalwart souls ..

wish i'd taken my camera to the garden this morning .. it was pumpkin carving day .. and it was pouring down with rain .. i'd seen a notice on pro-isle that said 'rain or shine' there would be pumpkins to carve so i headed down to check it out ..

kevin and taryn were there by the time i arrived shortly after 10 .. the tent was up .. pumpkins and various pumpkin carving paraphernalia were on the tables .. the makings for hot chocolate were set up at the 'beverage window' of the shed .. all was ready and waiting .. to see .. who might brave the elements and come to carve pumpkins ..

and there were a few other stalwart souls who did .. first to come was maia (maya) on her bike .. shortly followed by chris, cora and brynn (sp?) .. cora said this particular experience .. of carving pumpkins in the rain .. was a first for her .. somehow zaya slipped in without my seeing her .. pretty soon krista, dexter, lola and ruby arrived .. the next time i looked julian and monique were sidled up to the carving table .. there was a delightful array of raingear .. and an equally delightful assortment of carvable pumpkins .. grown in the community garden .. not sure how many exactly .. but it looked like close to a dozen ..

i didn't stay too much longer .. it was, after all, pouring down with rain .. but those other stalwart souls stayed to create yet another pumpkiny face for hallowe'en ..

Saturday Oct. 20th & 27th

Attention Gardeners and Little Diggers

 There will be NO Little Diggers lesson this Saturday Oct. 20th (but everyone big and small is welcome to play, chat, dig, or hang around in the garden of course!)

Pumpkin Carving--last event off the season!

Saturday, October 27th at 10:30 am.(Note: this date is different from the one on the original schedule, which was in error)

Little diggers are reminded of this annual event at the community garden.
Jim can't be there, but he has arranged for the event to be carried on in his absence.
Parents of little diggers should come along to assist in carving.
Bring a container if you want to bring the seeds home for roasting.

There are about a dozen pumpkins, so if supply is short, we will limit one per family.
Feel free to bring along an extra pumpkin if you wish.

Special carving tools would help too, but spoons, marker pens and basic cutting tools will be made available.

Looking forward to seeing all the little diggers out for a great morning of fun.

Note: there is no little diggers session for Sat. Oct 20th.
Kevin.