Neighborhood squirrels have rendered these gourds decisively less decorative.

Three pumpkins displayed on front porch steps. Two of the three pumpkins have been decimated. The top one is just the bottom husk with the traditional curvy stem lying in a pool of pumpkin juice and seeds. The second is 2/3rds consumed with an even juicy-er substance oozing from its shriveled husk. The bottom pumpkin has warts all over it, so the squirrels never touched it.