It was the second weekend of deer hunting season in Minnesota. My brothers and nephews are deer hunters. They would have been very jealous to see what was resting in our next-door neighbors’ backyard this morning. I tried to sneak up behind the bushes and catch a shot (photo) of him as he rested. He was very alert and didn’t appreciate my interruption. He got up right away and kept a cautious look towards me.
BuckEight Point Buck
MajesticWalking Away
My brothers hunted at my Mom’s house this weekend and went home empty-handed. I imagine this buck has been enjoying city living protected from all the hunters.
While Sebastian was away at a friend’s birthday party on Saturday, we took Sophia and one of her BFF’s to Glensheen’s Halloween Spooktacular. We went two years and were pleasantly surprised that they had changed things up a bit. We enjoyed touring the grounds after dark and viewing 1,000 carved pumpkins.
Here’s a description of the event:
Visitors will walk through the spooky Cottonwood cathedral, a torch-walk against the wrought iron fence to the West Gate where a mass of grinning pumpkins will greet you at the entrance of the mansion, lit for enchanted effect. Inside, witness a Pumpkin Seance contacting the spirits of old ghouls, Herman and Lily Munster and Morticia and Gomez Addams, artistically cut onto pumpkins. Then it’s down to the mansion’s winter garden to pick the winner of the pumpkin carving contest. Back outside, tour the Bridge of Sorrows where hundreds of pumpkins are fleeing in terror over the orangey/red waters.
Sophia and her friend found a number of favorite pumpkins – Frankenstein, mummy, owl and cat.
The tour concluded with s’mores and a fire dancer.
Playing With Fire
We haven’t finished our own preparations for Halloween. We still have three pumpkins waiting to be carved. Here are the two that we carved at my Mom’s earlier this month.
Pumpkin Heads
Later this week we will have photos of Sophia dressed up as a fortune-teller and hopefully more carved pumpkins.
It was supposed to be just a day off from school – sleeping in, hanging out with friends, playing games. Instead, I decided that the kids and I would take a road trip to visit my Mom out in the country. We did a little eating, a little cupcake decorating, a little trekking through the woods and a little pumpkin carving. A great mix of lots of good things.
The WoodsThe Boy & His Dog In The WoodsThe FarmRain CloudsMossy RockRed BerriesAlong The Old Fence LineMy Dad’s Old FordThe Old TractorSophia, Grandma, Sebastian & The PumpkinsPumpkin Head
We carved pumpkins a bit early for Halloween. The cool weather we are having may actually preserve them until the 31st. Unless of course they freeze. Snow flurries were in the air today and temps were below freezing. Fall is going by too fast.
M. Sullivan Photography 