In a break from regular programming...

I bring you...pumpkin carving!

Yes, when you live in a historic, atmospheric old city like Edinburgh, Halloween's a great excuse to break out the creepy carving skills...

First, a sketch, then a bit of freehand drawing...and cutting..

Then some scraping...

And some scooping...

And finally...a haunted house!

Not content with that though, after a bit more sketching, I moved on to another pumpkin: off came the top and out came the innards...

...and then came....a howling werewolf!

Dumpling in a Hanky: available for all your pumpkin carving needs ;)