The Great Pumpkin

In Search of the Great Pumpkin Like crimson coloured leaves, pumpkin spice lattes and rainy days, the quest to find the perfect pumpkin is a treasured fall ritual. Dippning temperatures and shorter days can only mean one thing. Halloween is just around the corner, and consequently it is time for the annual trek to the local pumpkin patch. This year I decided to don my gumboots and head to Southlands Heritage Farm. Naturally, I had an image in mind of the pumpkin I was seeking and was excited to

Fall, one of my favorite times of the year. Filled with changing colors, special holidays, pumpkins, and the best thing in the world, apple cider doughnuts. Every year me and my family spend one day to rake all the leaves together. We usually only do it that once and we almost never finish. But we enjoy ourselves all the same. This occurs on the same day every year, the day we go to the pumpkin farm. That day always started early. We would wake up, quickly get ready, then drive to Burnt Toast for

The film It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown shows the transition of Sparky's work from being just a newspaper cartoonist to a well known and published cartoonist who gets to build his story into TV specials. In the Halloween special, we had Charlie Brown get the short end of the stick by having a ghost costume with one too many eyes in it and getting only rocks for Halloween, Snoopy and his adventures of chasing the Red Baron, and a presence of the rest of the peanuts gang going to Violets party

Works Cited Fern, Tracey E. "The Great Pumpkin." - Articles. Highlights, 7 Aug. 2015. Web. 29 Aug. 2015. Obenschain, Chris. "6 Surprising Health Benefits of Pumpkins - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 21 Oct. 2014. Web. 30 Aug. 2015. The pumpkin was not always referred to as such, the name derived from the Greek word for large melon which is pepon. The name was later changed to Pompon by the French. The English called it pumpion. The finally it was changed by American Colonist

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The Great Pumpkin Comes Again! This is not a Linus fantasy sequence or a visit to the Twilight Zone. I?m referring, instead, to the annual eruption of pumpkin recipes that seems to overshadow the coming of fall and the holiday season, beginning with the eve of the Feast of All Hallows, or All Saints Day to Roman Catholics. It seems that every year the uses for this orange colored squash expands and diversifies. This year is no different. Don?t misunderstand me, I look forward to the annual visit

benefits to them. Pumpkins is a fall produce and are mostly used as decorations for Halloween, but they do have many other benefits to them than just a decoration piece. Did you know that pumpkin is a fruit and not a vegetable? This fruit is rich in antioxidants, minerals, vitamins and low in calories. Pumpkin is part of the Cucurbitaceae family that also include cucumber, squash, cantaloupe, etc. Pumpkins comes in a vary of shape, size and colors. The colors of pumpkins is depended on the

The film I selected to observe that displays a disability in the media is Pumpkin. The film Pumpkin is based on a young college girl name Carolyn that volunteers in yearly Challenged Games. In the Challenged Games Carolyn is partner up with a boy name Jesse that goes by the nickname Pumpkin, which has an intellectual disability and is handicapped. Despites everyone disapproval and differences in the film both Carolyn and Pumpkin end up falling in love in the film. The character in the film is portrayed

present within the pumpkin seeds, called phytosterols can lower the risk of prostate cancer. These work by shrinking the prostate and stimulating the secretion of chemicals that protect against the transformation of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). High DHT levels can cause enlargement of the prostate glands. Anti-Inflammatory Effect – The Beta carotene present in pumpkin seeds and flesh has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Regular consumption of pumpkin can protect against

have been exploring pumpkins through hands-on activities as well as through shared reading. Highlights for this week are… • Making Predictions about what is inside a pumpkin – The children made predictions about what they thought is inside of a pumpkin. Most of the children guessed that seeds are inside of the pumpkin, while another child guessed that there was a baby inside of the pumpkin. To allow children to see if their predictions were correct, I cut open a large pumpkin for them to investigate