National Pumpkin Day has rolled around again and on this 26 October 2023 we discover that pumpkins the world over come in many shapes and colors. One sanctuary elephant in Chiang Mai, Thailand was snapped enjoying a green pumpkin as a tasty snack. And remembering our elephant Packy, who was born in … Continue reading »
In America, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz first made pumpkins notable by introducing children to “The Great Pumpkin“. It was Linus Van Pelt, who in all of his wisdom, never failed to believe that this “holiday figure” would appear, as he just knew. And Linus would dutifully sit in the pumpkin patch, anxiously awaiting “the Great … Continue reading »