This past weekend, I carved a pumpkin for the first time. Cutting into the pumpkin itself was much easier than I expected. Making smooth lines, however, was much harder than I had anticipated. The pumpkin I made had a cat on one side and a Charmander on the other side. I focused on the cat and let my partner do the Charmander, because the cat was easier and I had less experience with pumpkin carving.

I was sad when I cut some parts too much and ended up making the cat’s tail fall off, but the feeling of carving into the pumpkin was still extremely satisfying. Also, my partner made an amazing Charmander and I helped a little with it, so I can take pride in having helped carve a work of art.

We put out pumpkin under a tree in front of Founder’s Hall. The pumpkin itself has since been removed (presumably because it was in danger of growing moldy) and all that is left is the carved out Charmander.