Whether squash or pumpkin, this rather splendid and very heavy specimen was a welcome gift which will probably become soup.

However I couldn’t take a knife to it before drawing it. I love it’s solidity, the thick stalk, the ridges of the sections, the speckled flesh and the indentation where the stalk joins the fruit.

And fruit it is, apparently. I read that pumpkins and squashes are from the same family, and all are fruits. I think this one is a pumpkin due to its round size and thick stalk. If anyone knows otherwise, do let me know!