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Saturday, October 10, 2020

An Inspiration from The Great Pumpkin

This is a screenshot of an image from a post (October 6 2020) on the FB Page for The Charles M Schulz Museum (https://www.facebook.com/schulzmuseum/posts/10158900795653054. The songbook is orange and in the shape of a pumpkin. A listing of "pumpkin carols" is printed on it and below that list is a drawing of the PEANUTS gang (at the left Lucy, Schroeder and Charlie Brown are standing as they look on at Linus and Snoopy).
BOOK COVER FOR GREAT PUMPKIN CAROLS

According to a FB Pagefor the Charles M. Schultz Museum, "Following the success of the 1966 TV special 'It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!,' Hallmark published a whimsical booklet of Peanuts Pumpkin Carols." (A copy of the booklet cover is seen in the image to the left, or the first picture in time-line view).

"As declared by Linus, and according to the front cover, 'Halloween is becoming a forgotten holiday. We dedicated followers of the Great Pumpkin must do something to rekindle the Halloween spirit. Let us not rest until the universe resounds with pumpkin carols.'
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"🎼 The booklet includes eight pumpkin carols, set to well-known Christmas tunes, of course. Carols include: Great Pumpkin is Coming to Town, Pumpkin Wonderland, I’m Dreaming of the Great Pumpkin, Pumpkin Bells, The Twelve Days of Halloween, I Heard the Bells on Halloween, and O Pumpkin Cards." (Image and text are taken from the aforementioned FB Page for Peanuts @).

Upon my seeing a copy of the 1966 booklet, "THE PEANUTS BOOK OF PUMPKIN CAROLS," I thought of one of my 2020 Halloween-themed products titled. "The Pumpkin Choir" (totes as well as a note-card). They can be seen in the next two images to the right (respectively).

This screen-shot features an orange tote/bag/pouch which has an image imprinted on it. The picture was taken on the Eastside of NYC in front of a brownstone which was decorated for when for Halloween. It shows an array of pumpkins that have faces painting on them they could be carolers if the season had been Christmas. The tote/bag/pouch is available in three sizes (13" by 13", 16" by 16" and 18" by 18") and can be purchased via Fine Art America @ https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-pumpkin-choir-patricia-youngquist.html?product=tote-bag
THE PUMPKIN CHOIR TOTE

This image is a screen-shot of one of my Halloween-themed notecards which is titled “The Pumpkin Choir.” The picture was taken on the Eastside of NYC in front of a brownstone which was decorated for when for Halloween. It shows an array of pumpkins that have faces painting on them they could be carolers if the season had been Christmas. A copy of this image is featured in volume two of my book series, "Words In Our Beak." Info re this series can be found on my blog @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2018/10/one-sheet-book-series-info.html AND info re this particular note-card is can be found on Fine Art America @ https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-pumpkin-choir-patricia-youngquist.html?product=greeting-card
THE PUMPKIN CHOIR NOTE-CARD

For your information, my photo of pumpkins caroling or ("The Pumpkin Choir") is included in volume two of my book series...

This photo features the book-jacket cover for volume two of my book series, “Words In Our Beak.” A female cardinal, named Cam, is sitting on a table in my garden and looking straight at any viewer. She is a bit “puffed-up” in appearance, which is something birds do to keep warm Her orange beak is one of her prominent features as it is for all members of this bird type’s gender. More information re all of this re birds is included in my books and details re each of them are in another blog post @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2018/10/one-sheet-book-series-info.html
BOOK JACKET (FRONT) WIOB V2

This photo features a couple of pages from volume two of my book series, “Words In Our Beak.” The left portion of the image shows page 44. At the top of that page are three photos showing a partial view of NYC brownstones which are decorated for Halloween. Immediately below them and to the left are two more pictures of featuring this situation. At the bottom of the page are two rows of small photos. They all feature an array of pumpkins that have faces painting on them they could be carolers if the season had been Christmas. In this blog post I’ve been referring them as “The Pumpkin Choir.” Moving on to the righthand portion of this photo of two pages from “Words In Our Beak, “ there are two photos in the middle of the page (which is number 45). Both were taken in my garden. Both feature a smiling Jack-O-Lantern sitting on a white-table top. In the photo at the the “Jack” appears to be smiling at a male House finch (a bird type which is rosy red around the face and upper breast, with streaky brown back, belly and tail). In the photo at the right, the Jack-O-Lantern appears to be smiling at a Tufted-titmouse. This bird variety is small and gray-colored. Tufted titmouses have large black eyes, small, round bill, rusty-colored flanks as well as a brushy crest. Again, the photos seen here are from volume two of my book series, “Words In Our Beak.” The press release for this volume is on my blog @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/p/blog-page_10.html Moreover, info re all three volumes of the series is on my blog @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2018/10/one-sheet-book-series-info.html
PAGES 44 AND 45 WIOB V2

Words In Our Beak, in a section that describes how Halloween decor impacts the lives of wild birds. Information re the entire series (jackets pictured below) can be found by clicking here.

his is a photo of my three volume book series, "Words In Our Beak." Information re the books is another one of my blog posts @ http://bit.ly/2EdADpx
MY BOOK SERIES

I realize Halloween is twenty-one days from now and I don't like to rush the entrance of the holiday, but due to time needed for shipping (in the event you'd like to purchase items mentioned here), I thought it best to give a heads up now.
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