When Plans "FALL" Through

 I previously posted how we were going to see our son Craig in Chicago this week.  However, his company decided to do the meeting via ZOOM instead.  I'm glad he didn't have to travel and could be home with his family this week but we were very disappointed not to spend time with him.  We'll get together one of these days, hopefully!  Craig, when you read this just know we love and miss you! And we don't like your new CEO! Ha!  But life goes on and to fill in the week I was asked if I could work. I filled in a few days and will work tomorrow. But I had Wednesday off so we were able to get together with our friends from Church that we meet for lunch every 3 months. John and his wife Chris have a farm and they invited everyone to their place for a picnic.  It was the last day of Summer and the temps were in the mid 80's.  However, there was a lovely breeze all day and in the shade it was quite comfy...although Jack might argue that point! He prefers cooler temps.  So Mother Nature dished some out today on the first day of Fall.  Only 60de and down into the 40's tonight.  Love it! Really feels like my favorite season.  We took  Annabelle with us to the picnic since they live 2hrs away and being gone all day and leaving her here alone wasn't going to work.  She did great and enjoyed the farm and our friends have 3 huge dogs who were super sweet and everyone got along. Today I had off also so I went to a new place to buy pumpkins and cornstalks.  Very reasonable and fun. So here's a few pics to remember to keep on enjoying life even when plans "FALL" through!

Before we started our week we did take time to see our Granddaughter, Lexi, going to homecoming.  She went with a group of girlfriends and I'm sure they all had a great time.

Here she is with her favorite date, her Dad! Our son Phil is a great Dad and Lexi is a super cool kiddo! Love that girl!

Addy Rae was there too but she wasn't going to homecoming...she's only 13! So grown up looking it's scary! She didn't want to smile because of her braces...silly girl!

Over the weekend I also finally painted the retaining wall Jack put up last year.  A nice warm and sunny day to do outside painting.  After working Monday and Tuesday Jack and I took Wednesday to spend with our friends at their farm.

Just a few of the gang having a good laugh!

Burgers and hot dogs were cooked over an open fire and we all brought sides and desserts. It was very good and so relaxing to just sit and eat, talk, laugh and enjoy each other's company.  Isn't the farm pretty?

Lots of cute little places to sit and enjoy the scenery.  They have an orchard and a cider press. They even have the original summer kitchen that many farms had back in the day.  Their 3 dogs were so nice even though they were a bit bigger than Annabelle. Amos, their Newfie fell in love with her.

Annabelle is a hottie but she wasn't too interested in poor drooling Amos!

She finally had to turn away and do the old "It's not you, it's me" line.  Actually it was really Amos since I think he rolled in something and was a bit....how do I say this...smelly.  Oh well. Better luck when we return next year!  We bid everyone farewell with the promise to meet in 3 months.  It was a great way to bid farewell to Summer also.  Today dawned chilly, low humidity, and gorgeous!  I took off for the new pumpkin patch that's owned by our former Veterinarian.  His parents grow pumpkins  and it's a self serve, pay on the honor system, grab your own pumpkins kind of place.

The pumpkins are in neat rows by size and price.  The most expensive ones were only $5.  They also have corn stalks...5 for a dollar.  So I grabbed some pumpkins and stalks for me and also for my sister who's coming to the Pines in 2 weeks.  I filled my car and headed back to the Pines.  After cleaning out the car I again took off to have lunch with Jack and some of his classmates that meet for lunch every month.  That was a fun time too! 2 days of good food and good friends.  Love it!  Jack had to close his office this afternoon because the city was working on the water lines and he didn't have water.  Not good for a Drs. office to be without water and a bathroom!  So  he came home early and I mowed the yard and then we worked on getting 2 rooms emptied out that we're having new carpeting put in on Saturday. So even though we didn't get to do what we originally planned on we did fill it in with lots of "stuff"!  So I'll end with the old line of : "Happy Fall, y'all!"