Thanksgiving Pumpkin

Most people grow pumpkins and then enjoy carving jack-o-lanterns or making delicious pies.  Around here, we do things a little differently.  We grate our pumpkin and add water, sugar, and yeast (and a couple other things).

We started some pumpkin wine.  If we chose our pumpkins well, we’ll call it Madelyn’s Delight.

It will clear perfectly white and be a good dry table wine.

All those insides can’t go to waste.

I took them to the birds.

There might have been some left-over celery too.

I also had some pumpkins that we didn’t need to use, so I decided to treat the goats.  I started with showing it to little Moose.

Moose

He didn’t get it, but when the big goats started checking it out, he finally got interested.

Maisie, Moose, Bud & Harley

How many goats can eat from one pumpkin?

Minnie, Bud, and Harley

It looks like I needed to harvest some more.

Sharing with Weekly Top Shot, SOOC Sunday, Bird d’Pot, and Camera Critters.

Halloween Edition of Scavenger Hunt Sunday

The topics for today’s scavenger hunt have a Halloween theme to them.  They are:  dress up, candy, pumpkin, spooky, and orange.

I still have some pumpkins sitting around.  I will either feed them to the goats and geese, or we might try and make some wine.  We’ll see how ambitious I am.

My son called me last night and told me to dress up and come in for the town’s Haunted Trail.

I did go to town, but I didn’t make the walk down the old railroad right-of-way.  From the sound of the screams, it would have given me opportunities to get a good shot for spooky.  As it is, all I’ve got to offer is a leaf in the shadows.

There were plenty of leaves flying in our gusty winds today, and those leaves are perfect goat candy.

At least, Jelly thinks so.

Jelly

Finally, I have my orange kitties.

Snickers

Bob

I couldn’t play favorites and only post one of the orange cats.

I’m sharing with Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Shadow Shot Sunday II, Mandarin Orange Monday, Song-ography where the song of the week is My Life Would Suck Without You.  Obviously, I don’t think I could handle life without my animals and living out in the country.  I’m also sharing with Nurture Photograph where this week’s prompts were purple/spooky.

Pumpkin Brownies

There’s something about fall and pumpkins that just inspires me to bake.  This weekend I baked and processed two pumpkins.

I decided to try pumpkin brownies with some of the pumpkin puree that I didn’t need for my holiday pies.

Of course, it has to look different from brownies, so you know there’s something special with them.  That’s why I made them marbled.

You’d think, making the recipe myself, I’d know what size of pan to use, but it’s a bit tricky.  I tried a 9 x 13 pan on my first attempt, but when I changed the recipe, I switched to an 8 x 8 (even though I wrote 9 x 9).  Well, I’d stick with the 9 x 13 because it turned out quite thick.

It’s yummy, but it was quite thick.

I think I might have to try another batch just to make sure they are still delicious when they are thin.

I’m sharing with Clever Chick’s Blog Hop, Monday Mellow Yellows, and Homestead Barn Hop.

I’m so happy to announce the winner of the giveaway is Kelly from Just a Click Away.  If you’re still interested in winning a copy, there’s still time to enter the giveaway at Goodreads (funky widget on the sidebar).