Ah, the perennial pumpkin patch. You might think the round orange gourds in today"s photo are vegetables, but botanists say pumpkins are actually the fruit of pumpkin vines. They"re considered fruit because pumpkins contain seeds and grow from the same part of the plant that produces flowers. And now, as Halloween nears, pumpkins are ripe for picking and carving into spooky jack-o"-lanterns.
A most sincere pumpkin patch
Today in History
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Happy Thanksgiving
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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Channel Country, Australia
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Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida
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Red deer stag in Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
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Formal garden at Château de Villandry, Loire Valley, France
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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World Dolphin Day
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Maya site of Copán
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Pups of the prairie
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King of the dinosaurs
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Black grouses lekking
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To the 155th on the 155th
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Juneteenth
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Today is World Refugee Day
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Longer days mean warmer sand
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Shining like Klondike gold
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Mackerel forming a bait ball to avoid predators
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Wild lupines
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Vatican City with St. Peters Basilica
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Day of the Dead
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A misty morning in Brazil
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Gazing down on planet Earth
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Mossy Grotto Falls, Oregon
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Native American Heritage Day
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Opt outside today
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National Public Lands Day
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