Sunflowers and Pumpkins

I just can’t seem to get this column written weekly. My best excuse is the beautiful Autumn weather, perfect for a stroll through piles of crunchy leaves; warm temperatures and blue skies, inviting me to go outside and play. We’ve got just two more days of it and I’m making every moment count.

When we were up in Yellow Springs, Ohio, we visited a place called Young’s Dairy, renowned for its ice cream and full of the usual pumpkin and apple butters and pies. They have a corn maze and give regular hayrides in the Fall, so the parking lots were overflowing on the week-end, but we stopped in on an early morning Tuesday for some pictures.

Young’s is about a mile or so from another major Fall Attraction: Yellow Springs Sunflower Fields. We loved it so much that it will become an annual visit.

I hope to take advantage of this weather to do my “Day of the Dead” work at the Southern Illinois cemeteries. Yeah, I’m obsessed. My brother and I visited about a month ago and I discovered several of the graves are past the point of reading. I’ve done some study and we’re going to try to clean up a couple. I’ll let you know how it goes, you can bet!

Hope you’re enveloped in the warm colors of Autumn where you are!

Peace