Orange hands and blistered fingers,
And oh how the pumpkin smell lingers.
Yes Halloween is here once more,
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100 pumpkins was my aim,
100 designs none of the same.
Frank, his bride and Nemo too,
The Simpson’s, Shrek and Winnie the Pooh.

The pumpkins were lit by candle light,
The pictures flickered, oh what a sight.
Chutney, jam and pumpkin pie,
Hot chocolate with marshmallows were in supply.

So take your time and have a peek,
I hope that you will find what you do seek.
From recipes to photos and about little ole' me,
To "Sponsor a Pumpkin" you will see.

My name is Louise Riley and I live in Wanganui, New Zealand.When I lived in Woolacombe, North Devon I started doing carved pumpkin displays for charity. This is how I got started in this wacky and wonderful art.

I bought a set of pumpkin carving tools and patterns in 2001 from an American Store. The following year 2002, I carved 12 pumpkins using the patterns I bought and some that I got from the internet.

Using the tools was very simple and the effects were quite dramatic. I put them out in my garden for my children and their friends to look at on Halloween night.

They attracted attention from passers by, some took photos of them and went home to get their families to come and look.

I was asked which charity I was taking donations for and I wasn’t so I put a pot out with Cancer Relief written on it and in the morning it had been filled with money so I decided that the next year I would put on a larger carved pumpkin display.