My granddaughter gave it to me when we were picking out our Halloween pumpkins. At six, she has a wacky sense of humor -- like her Grandpa Kuhn. For whatever reason, she found the snake gourd to be too funny and knew that I just had to have it instead of a jack-o-lantern. And so it was.
Of course, I put some cartoon eyes and mouth on it. He hung out with the pumpkins and then, not exactly knowing what to do with it, I hung it up in the garage. Found it the other day.
Shaking it, it rattled with seeds. That's interesting. So, I figured that I would cut off the "tail" of this snake and plant a few seeds in the back of the yard just to see what happens. Not much for eating, but interesting watch grow -- I hope.
Eating and hope. Reminds me of a Francis Bacon quote: "Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
Something to chew on.
Have a great weekend.
Carpe diem Life,
David Kuhn
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