Not pumpkin spice. Some think there is just too much of that. This is just pumpkins. But much like pumpkin spice, pumpkins are ubiquitous right now. These marvelous round things are native to Central America and Mexico.

The pumpkin was one of the first plants grown for human consumption some 7,500 years ago. Along with the fruit, the flowers, and the leaves are also edible.

And now it has come to mean so much to some of us. A symbol of the passing year. Halloween approaching. Thanksgiving. Something to paint on the side of a boulder. A way for art students to express themselves.

Something for decorators and foodies to play with. Discover new varieties.

Something to bring glee to some of us when we have our very own personal pumpkin.

Something for some of us to lose our heads over as the other pumpkins pedal by.

I have my favorite pumpkins. Right up very close to the top of the list are pumpkins with twisted stems. Very important for them to have twisted stems. It adds such character.

But at the absolute top of the list are pumpkins covered in snow.

Snow on pumpkins just screams perfection.

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