Sunday, October 12

Moving Day at Last

Fall weather is here! The girls are cut and with those all-too-familiar feeling of remorse and lost love, the vines are being hauled to the trash cans.



















Let's get the baby up on the scale first. I think I burst something moving her; I'm going to need help to move the older sister.



















Yep, that's what the estimate was almost to the pound. (Her sister clocked in at 215.0 pounds
















And it's still good, they make a pretty sight in the front yard contentedly chewing their cuds or doing whatever pumpkins do in their spare time.

Tuesday, October 7

Ripe for the Picking
























Ok, time to stop whining and look forward to the grandest holiday of them all. Halloween, of course!
























Next year, there will be better insecticide to stop the bugs, better pesticide to stop the disease, and better deer-be-gone to stop the Fluffies. Better pollination to get the fruit started earlier, better dirt to let the roots run, better seeds to tilt the odds in our favor.

But for now, the Creator looks down at what he has grown, and says:
IT IS GOOD!