The Pumpkin Post

On Thanksgiving Weekend, we stopped at the Mariposa Fruit Stand in Keromeos on our way home. Our purpose was to buy some Ambrosia and Spartan Apples. I was attracted to the pumpkin display on the west end of the building and began to shoot away at the multitude of varieties of pumpkins and other squash. The top photo reminded me of the varied and interesting mix that civilization is, with all of our different types, textures, colours, and shapes. The vast array of pumpkins lined up on the bales of hay was much like our multicultural mosaic in Canada.  

There are many of us with mixed blood, looking like one race, but then on second glance, stripes of other nationalities appear. In this case, Mom and Dad did not make it a priority to remain pure. What would grandfather think of this?

These are pumpkins by shape only and are obviously a different race and have formed a ghetto, like staying with like. Their bin is likely funded by the government to preserve their identity. No intermarriage here.

This is a rough and hardy bunch, like loggers or cowboys, judging by their tough skin and weathered appearance. They have had some hard knocks in life evidenced by the scars.

These are just as weathered but not scarred so they must spend their winters in dry and sunny Arizona where one gets leathery skin as one ages.  

Again, another race, with some slight inter-racial undertones, but all similar in shape and general stripping. You don't see jack'o'lanterns coming out of this ethnic group.

There is one in every crowd. He just has to be different while everyone else just wants to blend in. But then again, he might be an albino.

There are those who are born one way, but want to be something else. This gourd thinks it is a cob of corn and is even hanging out with the mother of  real corn.

His little sister is shy and is satisfied being a 'wallflower'.

And then there is this fellow who thinks he is a snake!

These guys are accountants, all orderly and lined up. You will notice that the boss accountant (upper left) is looking out for the others with his one eye.

This group is going to the gym. One is pear shaped and a little flushed from high blood pressure, one is anemic, (lack of iron) some are a little round in the belly, and the fitness instructor has an hour glass figure.

This fellow is big, bold, and tough looking, and even has a tattoo!

And then there is a sailor pumpkin who has been at sea so long that he has barnacles growing on his hide.

After a day at the beach, you can see that only one of these was not wearing sunscreen SPF 30.

This gal is a bit overweight and is bursting out of her red party dress.

Yes, even pumpkins get acne.

Here we have a nice cultural mix of varying ethnicity's. Political correctness at its finest. But... who will be picked first. Will the others then feel undervalued?

These guys are so ugly they will end up going back in the field to nourish next year's crop. Do they have pumpkin makeovers?

In spite of the acne scars and the rather long nose, this is a real beauty and stands out among his peers. Would he make a good pie, would his seeds be large and succulent when roasted, or would he only be good for decorating the front porch on Halloween night?

And just like people, some pumpkins have 'inny' belly buttons, and some have 'outies" They are all beautiful and unique in their own way and like real people, some are more attractive than others and some are more useful than others, but all have the same creator.