It doesn’t look like it but it is raining and cool this morning. I think Fall is falling. It is about time. We had a pretty mild summer as summers go here in Tulsa but I’m looking forward to cooler temperatures. Autumn is Tulsa’s best season and it lasts a long time.
Saturday, son SuperPizzaBoy and I made a trek on Turkey Mountain here in Tulsa to replace a geocache of ours that had gone missing.
The weather was ridiculously warm, up in the 70’s, and it was very dry.
Turkey Mountain had a lot of fall color. With the clear sky and sunny day it was almost sparkly.
It was very windy in Tulsa and the tops of trees on the mountain were being blown hard by the wind but it was still on the ground.
We pretty much had the place to ourselves. Some sort of mountain biking event was winding down by the time we got there. Once we got a quarter mile from the parking lot we only saw a handful of people in the hours we were there.
Good thing we went yesterday because it rained pretty hard up there Sunday and it got cold and overcast. We could use the rain, the ponds and lakes are getting low.
We were both tired by the time we finished but I think we both had a good time.
Have you taken a good walk this Fall?
A shot out the window (at least I rolled down my window) while leaving Son’s school earlier this week.
I had my day off Friday so among other things we loaded up and headed off to Carmichael’s Pumpkin Patch in Bixby, a suburb of Tulsa.
SuperPizzaBoy and Sweetie, hanging with a scarecrow.
The place was crawling with pumpkins and with munchkins.
I love Fall the sun is lower, the shadows are cooler, the colors are wonderful.
SPB’s favorite is the Hay House. The kids go in one end and out the other, over and over and over. He’s a freshman in high school but he made several trips. Talk about hay fever afterward.
There is so much to see and so much to do at a good pumpkin patch. I can’t believe it is mostly free. I mean the pumpkins are not but what a picture taker’s paradise. (Note, I’m not a photographer, you say “yeah, no kidding Yogi”, I’m a picture take. I take pictures, photographers capture images.)
And critters, Carmichael’s has critters.
Don’t you just love goats.
I love taking pictures of others capturing images. Pumpkin patches are happy places. It always seems like everybody is in a good mood and the kids don’t get overexcited. Even the staff seems to have lots of patience.
SPB found his. Sweetie insists on stems for at least one. Why? Because she knows best that is why. Any other questions?
Something about pumpkins, and pictures of pumpkins, is cool!!
Here they are on the front porch. Ready for some smart aleck to smash!
Have you been to a pumpkin patch this year?
Fall is here it is time for SuperPizzaBoy’s school to have their annual hayride.
They found a place way out in the woods. No bars out here, literally, no updates, no nothing, whazzup with that?
You can update your status with one of the camp dogs. Friendliest critters you’ve ever met.
Warm up around the fire.
Go feed the goats. Hungry little buggers.
Play some volleyball maybe?
How about some high spirited boys?
Load up, everybody face in, don’t get in or out, no horseplay!! Adults have been making and kids breaking rules forever.
After a dinner of dogs and chili, try out some smores. Everybody has their own technique. Mine is the best. No, make your own!!
