Thursday, October 13, 2011

PUMPKIN FEVER!!!

Fun day out at Wagner Farms hunting for that perfect pumpkin with my blog pal and another Dear friend. Can a day ever be filled with too much laughter? Pure fun with those two.


What a beautiful day! Moderate temps, drop dead gorgeous blue sky with puffy, endless clouds and mountain ranges all around, and pumpkins.... of every shape and size and color!


Pumpkins, those harbingers of fall. I just love 'em, I think they bring style to a home! To me they say, someone fun loving lives here.



I believe these are French Pumpkins, also known as Cinderella pumpkins. The only thing I know for sure is they are BOMB-A looking!


LOVE!








 We had a blast out there. Who knew Pumpkin picking would be such fun? When I say pick, I mean "choosing" the ones we wanted. They had to be just right. We looked at shape, is it round enough? Can you see the ridges enough for that rich texture? Is the stem cool enough? It took awhile. Serious business.


Here are our great picks! Mine on the left, Karen Lou's on the right! I wish we could've video taped us trying to back this wagon/trailer up to get it to the car! We had to back it out of the shed because it was close quarters in there and people all around. Once we got outside though we totally could've just turned the darn thing around and just pulled it behind us. But we struggled with it for a few feet more and then the light went on....Oh! Well, I feel sheepish. 


Pretty Pumpkins and morning light. Sigh. 

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin
 and have it all to myself, than be
 crowded on a velvet cushion."
~Henry David Thoreau~

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

2011 FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL - BOTANICAL GARDENS


Above picture is a carnivorous eating plant. Don't worry it only like insects.


A most beautiful Metal Sculpture




Locust Tree Leaf's
Locust Tree


Discovered a secret trail here ... if you took the short but steep hike you were rewarded with an overlook of the entire city.

Sacajawea...Table Rock Cross in back ground




Old Idaho State Penitentiary





The music was toe-tapping pure fun!
Check them out at the Linen District Novembet 4th.
Hay Ride...Motorized

It was a Gorgeous day!
Big applaud to the Idaho Botanical Gardens and the Boise Co-op, Thank-you.

Monday, October 10, 2011

OCTOBER'S BEAUTY... has me nearly bursting at the seams!

Just seeing the written word October has me sitting up straighter. October is a month that is rich & plentiful.  Not only is there beauty to behold everywhere the eye roams, it smells good. There's just something delicious in the air. Fireplaces burning with their carefully placed logs, conjuring up thoughts of sweet & savory smells of soup, pies and spiced apple. Inhaling that fresh rain smell and stomping, romping, exploring, embracing all the excitement that October is.

The Boise Greenbelt. I just feel like I'm glory bound when I'm walking on this thing.

The chillier, brisk temps inviting us to pull well worn, bulky sweaters over our heads.  Even the sunlight is different.  Crisp and sharp but mysterious, with dappled shadows, but somehow making the colors deeper, richer. 







We don't even really have our fall color yet. There's some subtle golden yellow in some of the trees...but we've got a ways to go before it reaches splendor stage. But it will.



These guys are cool.  Rough & tumble rustic pumpkins.

In October even an ordinary trip to the grocery store is filled with eye candy!

My one & only. Cute little ghost pumpkin. Wish I had a whole field full. Love to decorate with these beauty's.

October is a month that delights all the senses. Take it all in and enjoy!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

SCARECROW STROLL - IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDENS - FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL


We all know this guy
 
Umpty Dumpty
Before His Fall
Where the
 Wild Things Are...
Blackbirds Retriever 
Wicked Witch of the West
 
Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz
Big Bad (Awful) Wolf
Tinker Bell


The White Witch...."Narnia"


These were just a few of the most creative Scarecrow's
along the stroll. All were so imaginative and such fun to see, tucked here and there. Nineteen in all, such a creative contribution put forth by our Community.