The Pumpkin Man is back again this fall!
This is one of many illustrations from the creative mind of our late great friend Michael Mealey. This was drawn sometime in the 1970's. Michael was a creative cartoonist but never actually grew pumpkins at this home in the Verde Valley. There's something fitting about his clever drawing for Halloween where "scary" is made to be fun.
Every year, as Kent makes deLIGHTful unscented pumpkin floating candles and pumpkin spice scented pillar candles, we love to remember Michael and marvel at his humor and artistic talents.
In addition to silliness, Michael built and carved both of the benches in use in the store with armadillas carved in the back. He also carved and built the armadilla designs in the the frame around the mirror on display in the entrance to the candle store. The frame was originally in the window of the first store on 5th Street in old town Tempe.