living with French, Indian and Taiwanese flatmates makes for tons of fun.  as none of them but me have ever carved pumpkins before, we set out on this ultimate halloween experience mission.  i was the teacher by default, being the only north american of the bunch.  although we had no special carving tools, we were armed with fruit and butter knives, and our various backgrounds as architects and landscape architects.  fun was had by one and all.

naturally, i had to make a pumpkin mate for pocket ninja.

and of course, i cleaned and toasted the pumpkin seeds the next day.  i tossed them just with olive oil and sea salt -- simple and yummy.  it takes about 30 minutes to eat a handful, so it should last us well into next year.

seems that we skipped summer this year and went straight to fall, really the eternal season in the bay area.  can't believe it's almost november already.  happy halloween one and all.