“Someday a friend will come along and occupy this table and chair with me,” the pumpkin is saying. Their meeting will be at Jana’s Mercantile.
Kali Rushing is welcoming customers at her photography studio on East Hiram. Her pumpkins will try to get in the picture, too.
Each year, the Atlanta Methodist Church has the biggest patch of pumpkins on sale and for display. Notice on this display the visitor can find out how “pumpkin tall” you are.
He’s big, he’s orange and he’s happy. Say hello to this pumpkin giant at Jana’s Mercantile.
It will be hard to find a more artistic display of pumpkins and Halloween than this yard on East Hiram Street in Atlanta.
Is that not a witch’s hat on top of this craggy pumpkin? Both of them have a lot of buttons and stars, moons and knobs. Jana O’Rear at Jana’s Mercantile takes care of them both.
The Cutting Company Salon and Barber Shop has put pumpkins at its front door. The company wants to look as good for itself as it does for its customers.
Around ‘Pumpkinville’... er.. Atlanta
Every fall Atlanta gets inundated with pumpkins. From store front to front yard, the pumpkins appear. They are welcome.
The pumpkin is an unusual type of winter squash, a member of the gourd family. It has good health benefits as well as a striking personality.
The Great Pumpkin is a hero. A super food. The story of the Great Pumpkin is that Linus waits all night in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin who he believes will deliver toys to children. His friends make fun of him, but Linus doesn’t waver. Sadly, the Great Pumpkin never appears. Linus determines to wait until next year.
And so, in Atlanta, each fall, the town waits, too. We wait for winter, and the gifts of Christmas. Here are pictures of a few homes, church and businesses who have happily plumped down pumpkins in their yard.