Welcoming pumpkins

I took this photo last year in New York and actually the owners of the house WERE very welcoming, they happened to come out and were delighted to find me photographing their pumpkins. They toured us through their other Halloween scary things and even turned on the outside lights to show them off better(although actually I had liked the creepy dark porch. I think it looks as if a ghost could be lurking there where the cobwebs are draped around the porch lamp)

Wonderful Websites, and ... Name Needed?

Couple of things today. First, I just saw the shortlist for the Website of the Year (no, I'm not on it, but then I didn't apply). I'll vote though. Probably for the National Trust's original and creative http://www.my-farm.org.uk/ in which readers can be involved in running a real farm - though I'm a bit dubious that they've set the joining cost too high.  There are also some particularly clever creative websites for artists and musicians, so take a look.

And as for this picture?

Well, this time last year I was leaving New York, and above is one of the images I took back to England with me. She surely combines two cultural icons (Marilyn and Mickey) pretty well.  But she didn't have a name. Does she need one, I wonder? 

Scenes of New York