Made my Day

Sending love to all my fellow mid-Atlantic bloggers and readers who are getting hit by Hurricane Sandy today into tomorrow. I hope you all stay safe, your homes stay dry, and your neighborhood trees stay in the ground. Today my husband and I are bunkered down in our home, which I must admit has been a welcome, relaxing break to the hustle and bustle of life lately. But I am still having a bit of anxiety to those that aren’t lucky enough to live in a third floor condo and are struggling with massive flooding, electricity outages and evacuation. My heart goes out to you today!

A little history about this photo I am holding above. There are a couple of hearts that have been spray painted on the street on a local college campus. I noticed the hearts right away, adored them, but kept the observation warmly to myself. My husband, who is a fanatic observer of found art, also saw the hearts at a separate time and took a photo of one of them, printed the photo on glossy paper and set it on my desk for me to find later. It was such a nice surprise! I love that we both saw this beautiful little symbol of love and that we shared it separately and now together.

Photograph by Hand-Painted Weddings.

The ghost white pumpkin is a bit eerie, isn’t it? I suppose that is part of its charm. Arguably, the white pumpkin is more appropriate for Halloween than say an orange pumpkin that really feels very Autumn spirited.

As I said in yesterday’s post, this year is the first year we have purchased a white pumpkin. To be honest, the stem is my favorite part (the stem is always my favorite part)! This particular stem is great because of its overall shape and that it spiral spins at the tip as it stretches upwards.

I love how the white pumpkin pops from the black and violet background on the painting on the right.

Painting by Hand-Painted Weddings.

It doesn’t get much cuter than a pumpkin, in my opinion. They always put a smile on my face!

Currently on our dining room table we have 4 pumpkins: 1 large pumpkin my husband surprised me with a few weeks ago, 1 small orange pumpkin with a stem that stretches upwards, a white pumpkin (first for me), and this tiny gourd-like pumpkin I painted above.

I love how the pieces of the stem winds back down on this gourd-like pumpkin. I also love the different colors in the flesh of this pumpkin…oranges, olive green, and a bit of purple. Have you collected pumpkins this beautiful autumn season? What characteristics do they have?

Painting by Hand-Painted Weddings.