fall is here, including the "rainy season"

i finally was able to check off uploading photos, including ones from a pumpkin festival that we attended with our friend matt. so, enjoy!

matt w. enjoying the "art" side of the pumpkin festival.

of course there were the GIGANTIC pumpkins for kiddos to pose in-front of.



my favorite: a guy dressed as the old man from the movie "up" carrying around this balloon + house contraption.  i did a little work on my newly downloaded software, so excuse the awesomeness you see above!



the regular coloring incase you were curious.  there were so many people surrounding him that i wasn't able to back up far enough to get him with the balloons.

a must: tractor pulled halloween displays.

a guy doing a pumpkin carving out of a HUMONGOUS pumpkin.

andrew's favorite poster of the day.  ha!

also a must: delicious food that no one can identify.  (this looked like a grilled, pickled selection)

a group favorite: pumpkin pie!

it makes me crave grandma violet's pie just looking at it!

next, we headed off to a pumpkin farm to complete the outing.  it was the perfect choice, complete with a corn maze, haunted barn, tractor pulled rides, sword fighting (okay, not a staple of most), pumpkins in every corner, and corn stalks lining hay bails surrounding the entire place.  like i said: perfect!

so many gorgeous fall colors were EVERYWHERE!  there was no question that it was fall when we left.

the knights getting ready for a show.  notice the lion?  there was a gorilla, a couple more lions, giraffes, etc. -- not sure what they were going for, but who am i to judge what they should have in their pumpkin patch?

the corn -- i loved how fresh it was from the rain falling that morning.

pumpkins...

more pumpkins...

& more pumpkins!

matt & andrew doing their best to bond with the gorilla.

andrew picking his 2 pumpkins -- although we all know that is a squash, he refused to accept this.

stay tuned for some more fall photos once i get to editing them!  what's nice out here is that only 1/2 the trees lose their leaves, and there's this prolonged period (compared to nd) where the leaves change colors.  it's lasted 3 weeks and there are still leaves on all the trees!  it's fascinating to say the least.