Pumpkin Patch + Friends

Every year we make a yearly pilgrimage to the Country Harvest Pumpkin patch. We discovered this pumpkin patch several years ago while in college. And even though our college friends have since moved to different towns and states, we all still try to get together once a year, which usually happens in the fall season so we still get to go to the pumpkin patch together.

My Polaroid was a little off center but that's part of the charm of these old school cameras right?

The pumpkin patch was actually really busy (this picture doesn't really do the heat and crowds justice), but the family that runs the place does a really great job of coordinating everything and there's always yummy food, new play area's for the kids, and they added more hayrack rides (to the pumpkins in the fields) to compensate for the crowds.

With the incredibly dry summer here in the midwest I didn't think there would be much of a pumpkin selection but all the pumpkins we big and plentiful.

I went with one of these bluish-gray pumpkins. Not sure of the official type of pumpkin they are but they are a lot heavier than the traditional orange pumpkins.

This is Matt's photo of our pumpkin haul. They have these little carts to wheel your pumpkins around while you look at the other sites. 

The pumpkin patch has an area with farm yard animals and we see this goat every year. I think he/she loves all the attention the visitors give. 

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We also got the chance to try out some new board games with the group. First up was Mystery Express and I think it is my new board-gaming love. It appealed to my love of mysteries and if your a fan of Clue you'll love this game. It was dubbed "clue for grownups" because of the extra elements you have to solve. 

Next up for the board games was Zombicide. Our group ended up not completing our mission...aka getting totally destroyed by the zombie horde, but after playing it now we have some better ideas on how to not be overcome by the zombies. (sorry for the grainy photos!)

The only down side to these games is that you usually need 4 - 6 players to play. That said it also makes them the perfect games to play with your friends.

Yearly Pilgramage...to the Pumpkin Patch!

Matt and I went to our favorite pumpkin patch again this year. It's a tradition that got started our senior year in College and we've gone every year since. Part of the ritual is also dragging along my Polaroid camera and getting a vintage shot of the pumpkins. I love the apps for iphone that mimic this old school look, but nothing can beat the original.

They always have tons of stuff to do, bounce house, burlap sack race, petting zoo, derby, and corn maze. Everything is always well organized and maintained, plus every year they add something new to their farm...this year it was sweet looking horsey bounce rides for racing.

Went with dark green pumpkins this year....the patch was so leafy it was hard to spot the pumpkins. I'm looking forward to making these into grinning jack-o-lantern's!

The Country Harvest Pumpkin Patch also has a pretty good food spread. There's homemade fudge and ice cream, plus items like burgers and hot dogs if hunting for pumpkins really worked up an appitite!

PS. If your wondering why my images are branded with Nyannet, it's because Matt let me use these off his blog :)

Pumpkin Patch!

Every year I look forward to going to the local pumpkin patch and it's always wonderful. I wondered if this late in the game if they would be all picked over, but their were lots of pumpkins to be had! I eventually found a nice pale green stripy one although their were many contenders.