We Four Bees: Happy Halloweeeeeeen!

I love Halloween. I'm not sure why, but it clearly has something to do with being the first fall holiday, the pumpkins, and the opportunity for craftiness. The weather has finally cooled a bit in Texas, enough for us to break out the jeans and sweaters and for me to worry that after Emerson spits up on her first two outfits of the day she will be out of long pants and long sleeves and I will have to do laundry.

As for the pumpkins, the first year that I got what I refer to as Martha Stewart pumpkins (you know what I mean...anything besides a regular old carving pumpkin, like the Cinderella variety and the white and green ones) must have been about four years ago when we were living in Plattsburgh. We drove down to our favorite apple orchard for apple cider and mums and came home with some of the most gorgeous white pumpkins. I was so excited that I went back the following weekend for more and they were all gone. I love pumpkins. Thankfully, Martha Stewart pumpkins can now be found everywhere: nurseries, Whole Foods, Central Market.

This year was a little tricky though. The pumpkin harvest in Texas suffered under the terrible heat and drought conditions, driving up the prices and limiting availability. Oddly, and perhaps because of these weather conditions, my favorite pumpkin "patch" (really just a nursery down in the Lakewood area) closed down and we were forced to find another spot. We came up with Rubials, a nursery down at the very south end of Lakewood. It's a gorgeous little place where you could easily spend a few hours and far too much money.