Celebrated my youngest's 25th birthday on Friday at The Covered Bridge Festival...all my children have finally reached that quarter-of-a-century mark!
(...and the sloth puppet)
A beautiful Fall afternoon. Couldn't have asked for nicer weather. We ate our way through the festival...Sati Babi...Deep Fried Cheese Curds...Lemon Shake-Ups...enjoyed the booths and crafts...and Chris even added to the general flavour of the whole thing by strolling minstrel-like with his mandolin throughout the fair.
A nice addition to the Mansfield Festival was the tram that ran back to the car at the end of the day! A lifesaver :)
Saturday, Grandma Nancy, Nicki and I took Aiden, Emma and Brenden to Chandler's Orchard and Pumpkin Patch. They ran through the hay-maze...fed the farm critters...rode the horse-drawn hay wagon out to the pumpkin patch to pick their very own Halloween pumpkin
...and came back to enjoy hot apple cider and spiced doughnuts by the bonfire! They had a blast.
Aiden
Completely exhausted today...but so worth it.
Spending the day recharging...reading and writing a bit...painting....meditating...puttering in the remains of the plants repotting/trimming/saving seeds and generally tidying the patio while it is warm...Donna and Eric sent home a couple of jars of home-made apple butter with Chris- and Eric suggests using it mixed with the honey BBQ sauce on the grill...which sounds amazing and I will have to try!
Life...is very very good!
Mansfield Covered Bridge