Pumpkin Patch

Over the weekend, we set out for the Pumpkin Patch--"we" meaning me, Virginia (niece), Carter (nephew), Lori (sister-in-law), Gary (brother-in-law) and several other friends and family members.  Our destination was the Ashland Berry Farm.

Pretty much one of "the" places to go to get your pumpkin.  We started out with lunch in Ashland (The Center of the Universe, in case you didn't know) at Homemades by Suzanne--yumm-o!  Awesome sandwiches, salads, deviled eggs...Delish!  Carter enjoyed the peanut butter and jelly on a homemade whole wheat roll.

After lunch we headed on over to the Pumpkin Patch...well, let me tell you on a gorgeous day, 2 weekends before Halloween, after lunch (and naptime for many youngsters), the Ashland Berry Farm is packed!!!  The line for the hayride into the patch was gi-normous!! 

I immediately went to check out the line for the doughnuts and luckily that wasn't too terrbily long.  So, decided to get some doughnuts while we waited...and while we waiting for the doughnuts--which line wasn't anywhere near as long as the hayride line and still seemed to take forever, we decided to "pick" pumpkins from the already picked "patch," eat doughnuts, and call it a day.

So, that is what we did!  The doughnuts were yumm-o!  Didn't take any pics--hands were full with doughnuts, gourds, etc.  But they were really good--I did share my doughnuts...I promise. 

You might remember my gourds from here, so now you know where they came from!

Even though we didn't make it into the actual pumpkin patch, per se, I did manage to snap some pics of Carter and Virginia, perched on some very large pumpkins! 

Even though it didn't go how we had planned, we still had fun  getting some pumpkins (or gourds, in my case), eating (always a fun actvity), and being together!

I'm off tomorrow on a Girl's Wine Weekend in Wintergreen with my mom, sister-in-law (Lori) and Gina (Lori's step-mom)!!  Can't wait and will have lots of pics and stories to tell, I am sure!!! 

A Craft for the Fall

So...I like to craft...be creative...make stuff.  I have started doing these scrapbooks for my father-in-law, and that has evolved into headbands, pots, etc.  So...I came up with a little craft for the fall. 

I started with this old pot from a failed crafting project....

I primed it with white, then spray painted it a nice orange, that Hubby picked up for me at Home Depot.

I thought about making it into a Jack-o-Lantern, but then thought I would paint something that would make the pot last through Thanksgiving...

Then I went to the pumpkin patch to pick up some gourds--yes, my sole purpose for going to the pumpkin patch was to get gourds--not to get a pumpkin.  Look at these great gourds!!

Then I put the gourds into my pot! 

(These have a much better chance of survival, given the vast quantity of

plants that have been sacrificed to my brown thumb!)

I think Holly approves, how about you?