Yesterday I ran the sprinkler on our fall/winter garden. What month is it? October? The 'deluge month' in western Oregon? No complaints here, however. It has been a rather glorious month and we've taken advantage of the fun of visiting the local farmstands and orchards for produce, fun, and October sun.
It was a dark and starry night.....
Thirteen, Ten, El Professor and I
donned jackets, located flashlights,
and headed for the famed
Haunted Corn Maze. With much
screaming and suspense we followed the
clue cards through the maze with about 500
other people, huddling together as we
walked through dry ice clouds and watched
for the frequent masked workers who would
somehow startle/wag corn/or jump
out at us. Even with all of those people we
managed to be rather alone at times...creepy.
The maze is HUGE. Ultimately, we sojourned
through with a woman and her developmentally
delayed daughter, solving clues and having
a ball! Next year............ definately!!!
Red and gold trees, sunny afternoons, mild weather...with this mix I have piggy-backed our piano lesson outings into 'hit the farmstands before heading home' events. This fall I have been transporting another home school family's 12 year old to piano lessons. This has made for some fun friend time. One day we met up with Bella and her crew for some apple picking and another day we spontaneously took the 'economy pumpkin patch ride'. (The economy ride went something like this..."Guys, I'll buy wagon rides, but let's skip the pumpkins. They're .25/pound." To which our 12 year old friend replied, "We all already have a pumpkin, anyway." The farm we all visited the week before had given each of the kids a free pumpkin.)
I have a serious supply of apples around here and some tucked away smiles. It's been a great October.
1 comment:
It has been a great October! Perfect. I, too, have apples stashed away for saucing and whatnot.
Got to get to that!
Got nuts to crack, too.
Not complaining. Abundance is a good thing.
Love the photos!
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