I know I've already posted on the red cups...so I should be past the Fall/ Halloween stuff....but since I haven't posted pictures of any of that yet...I will anyway!
The colors in Eugene that frame all the streets and parks are amazing starting at the end of September. As the weeks move into fall it is stunning. As a drive to work in the morning I want to stop every few blocks to document the colors. Of course, I don't...and so then I finally catch one good picture before the leaves all start to fall off the trees.
[This was the scene out of my office window a few weeks ago.]
I went to my parents' house the weekend before Halloween to celebrate my dad's birthday. I met my parents for lunch on Saturday and managed to convice them to go to the pumpkin patch. I'm fairly certain they thought I was joking when I said I wanted to go to the patch....but finally they were on board!
We headed out to the Baggenstos Farm in Sherwood and got in line for the hayride.
It was fun to watch the kids on the various playground areas...to watch as they talked to the pygmy goats in the little petting zoo area and played in the entrance to the corn maze and climbed all over the hay bales.
When we got onto the hayride they let a few more people then they should have on. Presumably, parents would have put thier kids on thier laps- and there would have been enough space. But the lady next to us had each of her 4 children sit separatly..and so there wasn't enough space. So....I had my mom sit on my lap! Kind of funny, actually.
The weather was super crisp and clear. Perfect pumpkin patch weather.
[This might be my most favorite picture of my dad and me, ever]
The next day, we carved the pumpkins. Again, my dad thought I was joking. Until I had a plastic tarp over the kitchen table and pulled out a bunch of knives he thought it was a joke. Then my brother got roped into it. He was not too excited about it, but eventually did get into it and come up with a pretty cool carved pumpkin.
[Trick or Treat]


