Everything has a name. Till about 15 years ago I never knew these were gourds. I might have called them albino, miniature pumpkins with green stripes. I'm sure someone will correct me and supply the correct agricultural nomenclature. What a world! If it doesn't have a name, I'll make up one. Everything needs a name and might you be lacking one I can oblige. We have a trail heading up towards the garden at the top of the rise that we call the 'bunny trail'. How it got its name escapes me at the moment. We have a cat named Molly. I've always called her 'Mollycakes'. Why? No idea really. Our inside the house litter box got the title 'poo poo platter' long ago, and it stuck. Names are funny things. Got a unique name for something around the house? Please share. As for now, enjoy these albino, miniature pumpkins with green stripes.
des citrouilles miniatures qui ne font pas peur a Halloween ;))
ReplyDeleteYou told me that both of our cats have a 'Purr Machine'.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to report that those machines are working just fine.
Lovely photo. My mother and I still call tongs (for removing hot items from water) 'baby-bottle-taker-outers'.....
ReplyDeleteYears ago, my younger son, whose name is Christian, was nicknamed "Bub". Why? When he was very young, about 2, he LOVED babies and called them "Bubbies". I told him that he was my "Bubby", which was shortened to "Bub". He's 19 and the name has stuck! He even signs notes to me as "Bub".
DeleteMolly is a cute name! Our cat name is Luna!
ReplyDeleteI like a lot this picture!
Léia
I believe the replacement referees of the NFL refer to these as footballs.
ReplyDeleteAnother great leap of the mind, Birdman. We have a few VERY talkative friends who are now known as the Yakkaramas. As in yak yak yak yak yak.
ReplyDeletei make up names for my pets all the time - whole sentences worth of words that make no sense but to me. :)
ReplyDeleteI just love the name you have for the litter box! If I still had my cat I would probably have to start calling it that.
ReplyDeleteAlbino miniature pumpkins with green stripes is a much more elegant (not to mention descriptive) name than gourd. Good job.
ReplyDeleteI have a grown up in in Maine friend who adds -cakes onto a lot...& her mom has about 5 nicknames from the kids....me, not so verbally inventive...I'm spending time at Audubon seeing "birds" "butterflies", "mushrooms", realizing I have no clue as to their specific names...I might have thought of your miniature pumpkins as Peppermint Pumpkins...but this is the 1st time I've ever even seen them!
ReplyDeleteI would've called them that too Birdman.
ReplyDeletenice story Birdman!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to call my dog Ginger - Gingerella. I think she liked it!
ReplyDeleteMy vintage Toyota Tacoma truck nicknamed "the black hornet" -- barbara
ReplyDeleteI thought they were wee wittle whitish pumpkins and they look like wee wittle whitish pumpkins with those silly green stripes so that's what they must be, obviously. You are right again. That's twice!
ReplyDeleteLovely little gourds. They're perfect for Fall decorating.
ReplyDeleteI have silly names for just about everything and if I can rhyme it with anything I will. Our dog Buck I call Buckster or the Buckmiester or a zillion different things. My daughter Jolene is Little Jo the Wrangler I could go on but thankfully I won't. Haha!! MB
ReplyDeletePoet means 'namer'
ReplyDeleteYou are a poet!
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It's that time of year again! Gourds and pumpkins and stuff.
ReplyDeleteI love making up my own words for things. :)
I thought they were pumpkins too.
ReplyDeleteWe name everything but the first that comes to mind is "asher-disher" for the air conditioner, so named by a child now grown...
ReplyDeleteAny name would be better than gourd and these are beautiful!
Bises
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