Aunt Pat visits

It was so nice to have Pat come to visit us! She came with a car full of treasures (art, rock collections, books, dress-up dresses!) and stories and time to spend with us.

We went on several adventures to nearby nature areas that we hadn't visited yet. The weather is definitely colder now, a parka is not unwelcome in shady places or early in the morning.

One of our trips with her was to the McNary Wildlife Refuge. We spotted a coyote in addition to the birds.

 It was a beautiful morning for exploring.

 We are so glad that she could be here with us!

We see the Wienermobile once again

This time at a most convenient location close to our house.

New to us this time were the hot dog cutouts.

A fun little outing.

Field trip : Pumpkin Patch

We set our sights on early October for our pumpkin patch visit in order to try to avoid a cold, miserable experience. And it worked, we had lovely sunny, but cool weather. Liisa was in town and able to join us.
Farm Wife Julie's daughter was the one to give us our lesson this year.

There was a hayride out to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins.

Everyone loved the pumpkin doughnuts and playing on the swings.