Vege Tableau

I started collecting these shelf-sitter figurines a couple of years ago. They are available in both fruit and vegetable varieties, but I decided to go with vegetables. There are many different ones to choose from - cauliflowers, carrots, corn, peas in pods, chillies, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, garlic, potatoes... any vegetable you can think of, there is probably a figurine of it in the range.

For ages I just had the broccoli and the eggplant, co-existing happily on my kitchen window sill, above my sink. To me, it always seemed like the broccoli had been telling a joke or having a good gossip and the eggplant was leaning in to share the secret. Last year I bought the orange pumpkin, because, with a grin like that, he looked as if he belonged with the other two gossipers.

For Mothers' Day this year I received another to add to my set. I picked out the butternut pumpkin (...or maybe he's a marrow, I'm not quite sure) purely because of the cranky expression on his face and his folded arms. I knew he would be perfect to play the role of the "outsider", so I've placed him off to one side. I can't quite decide whether he's pissed off because the other three are gossiping and laughing about him, or just because they aren't sharing their secret with him.

What do you think?