So, since I am trying to get my barn doors hung in my family room this week (you guys are gonna die when you see how good they look), and since I have been writing really serious stuff lately and that, done too often, is a buzz kill, I thought I'd do something lighter.
I'm taking you with me to the pumpkin patch today.
There are about 10 million pumpkins hiding in this picture. They are all behind the leaves.
We made our annual Columbus Day pilgrimage to Mayne's Tree Farm in Buckeystown MD last week. Why Columbus Day? Because the kids are out of school here, and DK is off work. And it's never crowded at the patch on a Monday. (I wrote a big long post all about this patch a few years ago. Here you go, if you want to know all about Mayne's Tree Farm, either for pumpkins in the fall or Christmas trees in Nov-Dec.)
This is my favorite of all our family traditions. We have been coming here for almost 20 years, despite the hour long drive.
With Pumpkins like these, can you blame us?
Can you guess which one I brought home? Here's a hint:
Well, that is the one I was originally going to bring home. It's the one I searched for and came out of the field with. It was My Precious. Until I set it down in the wheel barrow with the other ones that my family had chosen. Pink was not a great fit with the wheel barrow full of hunter orange.
So I opted for the tiger striped one and the white one. Can't you picture a tiger face on that yellow and green striped pumpkin? And the white one is for eating after Halloween. Maybe pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.
Mmmm. Pie.
For some reason, this was a particularly jokey year.
#3 decided to wear fake glasses.
Go figure.
And it was an excellent day for sunbathing.
And being super-human with tractors.
All ferocious tractor photos were taken by DK.
Especially this one. My camera doesn't do this:
Sigh. Just look at that polarized sky. I am so glad he has a nicer camera than I do. I get to use his when I need it. #stealyourspousesbeststuff
So what else did we do?
Wrestled on giant bales of hay. They both fell off right after this.
And then decided to have fun with gourds
#1 realized this may the second to last time she gets to come here, as graduation from high school is starting to loom in the horizon. She spent a lot of time staring at things, creating memories to carry with her.
It's always interesting to realize you really ARE going to be leaving home and going on your own great adventure.
She and #2 climbed through a hole and into the silos at some point, but I couldn't get her to give me her new iPhone long enough to download her pics shooting up through the silo roof. They are cool. I saw them last night.
DK went and bought a gallon of the best apple cider known to mankind,
and then got back to it with his magic camera.
I just walked around, happy. It was such a lovely day.
When there are pumpkins everywhere and it's fall, even a bad hair day can't bring you down.
The morel of this story is GO OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE FALL!
Go on! It's so stinking fun! Even the 17 year old thinks so.
Tell me how your family sneaks away for fun... I am always open
to new ideas for running away.
Talk to you soon,
CM Shaw
You look adorable- even on a bad hair day! I love this adventure :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! This looks like an awesome family day. :)
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