Heading into Halloween week, it's time to say hello to our next carver, Barbara Green, who joins us for the first time.

BB: Tell us something non-pumpkin related about yourself.

BG: In addition to carving pumpkins, I am a Buddhist Priest.

BB: Very cool. What kind of carvings are you working on for Blaze 2008?
BG: Simple faces - mostly smiling.

BB: Can you sum up Blaze in three words?
BG: Wow...Wow...Wow!

BB: True, true, true. OK, can you offer some advice for the casual carver?
BG: Just jump right in and get started, and maybe draw the design on the pumpkin before you begin carving.

BB: What's the best music to listen to while carving?
BG: I don't have a preference.

BB: Got a pumpkin haiku to share?
BG: Lit pumpkins smile -
Light up the crisp dark evening
Can you hear them laugh?

BB: Excellent. So what's your favorite thing about Halloween?
BG: Blaze.

BB: Good answer. Pumpkin pie...a la mode, no a la mode, or no way?
BG: No a la mode.

BB: If pumpkins could talk, what would they say?
BG: Who took my seeds?

BB: If you weren't spending October carving pumpkins, what would you be doing?
BG: Cleaning out my garage!

BB: Thank you, Barbara!