At Our Neighbor’s Place

Nine days have passed since I wrote here of the Great Pumpkin’s choosy beneficence in Oysterville.  Apparently, he (or one of his minions) reads my blog and decided to remedy his lack of attention to some of us — at least with regard to our property and that of one of our neighbors.

Rather than pumpkins, though, we have scored what appear to be phallic gourds.  I think they are correctly called “Long-necked Ornamental Gourds.”  This is the second or third year the Great Pumpkin has so honored us.

On the amishgourds.com website, they are listed as “long neck dipper gourds” and are described as having a lengthy handle (so THAT’s what that is!) and large ball (yeah, that one was clear).  They go on to say that they are “great for birdhouses, painting and other crafts.”  The Amish Gourds company sell all their gourds dried and cleaned and for $62.99 you can buy a box of eight Apache Dipper Gourds with bulbs between 5-6 inches in diameter and around 12-14 inches tall.  “These Apache dipper gourds are excellent for wood-burning, painting, and birdhouses… The total length of the gourd following along the curve is around 15-20 inches.”  Wow!

Ours, though it might be bigger than our neighbor’s, is not nearly as large as those big Apache Gourds.  I guess the Great Pumpkin wasn’t ready to invest that much in his belated delivery.  Nevertheless, now that we know the many uses that can be made of  the Great Pumpkin’s gift, we are preparing the drying ovens and sharpening our knives.  Woot!  Woot!

As for Dan’s sign… I imagine most people in Pacific County have already voted.  For Dan, we hope!  So… over and out.