For me, fall means leaves and leaves mean a very special family tradition.  I grew up in upstate NY and as soon as the leaves began to fall we knew that soon it would be time to make our Pumpkin Man.  My grandfather would bring over the Pumpkin Man supplies and send us out into the yard to gather the most beautiful fall leaves that we could find.  And gather we did.  Leaves are abundant in NY and in the fall our front yard was full of gorgeous, … [Read more...]