Near the end of October

 Where did October go?  My heavens we will be celebrating Thanksgiving before we know it. 

A drive through town of Ashland today with a few nicely decorated homes and then to the local farm to get the girls a pumpkin and a hayride. 

The last weekend was cutting it short, but we enjoyed the hayride, girls found good pumpkins.

My son and the grand girls.

Slim pickings on the pumpkins in the fields.  A lot of pumpkins were taken away.

corn maze

Genevieve drew the face on her pumpkin, and it turned out so cute after carving it. 

She had to have eye lashes.

Our drive through the town of Ashland with the auto train going through at the time.

People really do put up some nice decorations in the town.  I am sure people traveling through on the train and ones that drive through love seeing them.

I have just these two that I took from my video.  This is the reason for them not being really clear.  I took the picture from my you tube video. 

I love this yellow house and pink door. 

Around my yard before it's over with

He glows in the 

boxwood

coming in driveway

The purple mums keep on blooming beautiful.

My ghost in backyard at nighttime. I look out my downstairs window and see this.

witch legs

bats in the evening

We enjoyed dinner in Port Royal Va. this past Saturday and this was our view of the Rappahannock River from where we sat.

I zoomed in on this one

Anne of Green Gables said it best

My beautiful roses from children on my birthday last week

Sweet gifts from a friend.  Great read 

From husband.  I liked this picture in Cracker Barrel.  I am going to use it probably as a background for a winter scene I have in mind.  

My granddaughter's birthday was two days before mine and she also shares her birthday with my youngest sister, her great aunt.  

She had the best ice cream cake, banana ice cream layer with fudge cake layer. 

It was lit, Genevieve jumped up as the sparklers kind of scared her some. 

 The banana ice cream was not just flavored, it was real banana ice cream.  The ice cream cones were filled with whipped topping.

My husband brought me a bar cake, and it was so delicious. UKrops bakery made it and reminds me of the Thalhimer's 6-layer bar cake.   Miss those days of Thalhimer's and Miller and Rhodes downtown Richmond Va.   I still have my Santa picture taken there.   

Wish I had taken a before eaten picture.   

We are enjoying a fire in the evenings now since it is chillier. 

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This 'n' That for the past week

 Few Fall pictures before the Halloween pictures for the night.  This month is about gone.  Thanksgiving be here before we know it!

Side entrance.   I cut out this cat from foamboard and painted it.  It should be on a stick to make it raised a little higher.

Mums from plants purchased several years in a row.  I will have more to add this year.

This is what they looked like before bloom weeks ago

Snap dragon loves cool weather

Autumnal vibes in entry

magnolia fall colored garland with lights on Bannister

mantle with some colorful leaves

my wreath for another two days

I have been looking for a man in the moon to copy for a disc of wood I have and finally found a free copy from a website    erynwhalenonline.com    she gives instructions

 

reverse side to color in with pencil to transfer

All done

My bedroom with new bedspread and pillow I painted last year. Kinda looks like fall

I just noticed I must fix the droopy curtain.

two dead beats I picked up from five below store

what a mug on this one

Almost home and scene from across street in my rear view mirror coming into my neighborhood

Grand daughter had her birthday on October 18 and it was an Elvis cake she wanted.

She along with her dad, love Elvis

I have to share some Halloween decor next.  Trying to catch up.

Happy Birthday Genevieve

Our grand daughter turned six on Friday but today the 19th was the celebration at the sports park.  Putt Putt and pizza or subs with cake and ice cream to finish off.

Friday on her real birthday  the 18th was a trip to the pumpkin patch with her class.  I was a chaperone and I must say the children were all happy to be here on a nice breezy but warm day.
Genevieve on bottom right with the blonde wavy hair.

Later in the day Steve and I went to Agecroft Hall to see  a murder mystery play.  The changing scenes were not on a stage but in the rooms of the Tudor mansion built in the late 15th century England and brought to Richmond.  I liked this so much as we got to tour the different rooms where the mystery was played out and nice seeing twilight through the stained glass. Candle light lit the way for us.  No pictures were allowed as usual in the home.

blooming still in the sunken garden

Saturday the 19th is the sports park for birthday celebration for Genevieve who is 6

I took a piece of birthday cake to mom today and she did enjoy it.  We played scrabble and she won again.