An idea as Friday approaches

For the third year in a row- this candy bowl and sign will be on our front porch greeting trick-or-treaters. 
(An 80 pound black lab shepherd mix will eagerly be waiting inside to inflict bodily harm if a bad guy is reading this)



A new bowl and sign will be added to the porch, along with a teal pumpkin
Just an idea for folks.
"As you walk around the neighborhood for some Halloween fun this year, you might find yourself wondering why some of the pumpkins are teal.  These pumpkins don’t come from a strange patch, but from a new national campaign called The Teal Pumpkin Project that’s promoting food-allergy awareness this Halloween...

To participate, individuals paint a pumpkin teal and display it, or post a free, printable FARE sign from the organization’s website, then provide non-food treats to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. FARE suggests offering trinkets such as glow sticks, bracelets, vampire fangs and spider rings."

http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20141029/AIK0401/141029281/1031/AIK04/kids-with-food-allergies-are-treated-with-teal-pumpkins-this-halloween

A week full of stomping good times

A visit from the Kerr Family

LDC and ABK
4 years old

Andy, the recipient of the 3rd place prize for the neighborhood pumpkin carving contest

The Riverwalk Revival Festival. 
A hidden gem of a venue in Augusta GA
Jessye Norman Amphitheater



Festival goers

Larry Keel

From salmon habitat protection to Keel's involvement in promoting environmental awareness in the Southern Appalachian Mountains- we heart the band. (And the cute way he looks at his wife while they play)

Yonder Mountain String Band

Shavings and football

Sunday afternoon

 

With of course NFL football on the TV...Fantasy Football projections and rankings streaming on the smartphone...anticipation of college football poll releases...
You get the point.

Cucurbita Family

Native Americans flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them and made mats.
Cashiers, NC



Pumpkins are 90 percent water



Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
Granise's garden



How do you mend a broken Jack-o-lantern? With a pumpkin patch!
http://www.pumpkin-patch.com/jokes.html

chemiluminescent



UV-A was our friend to help us pull this shindig off (ultraviolet A) along with Andy's artistic skills.

So what did we do to light up the evening with some fun? 

We colored with highlighters and made firefly jars.

I got assistance from the crowd while

reading a book about fireflies.
And then off on a firefly hunt we went, to find the glowing critters (aka glow in the dark pony beads). 

What gathering is not complete without cupcakes and a

piñata.

September 2014
4 years old

Get ready, let's glow

September 26, 2014

The big 4

Firefly LDC
Her BirthDay landed on a Friday this year.
I had the hardest time (tears streaming down) telling her goodnight on Thursday. 
 I didn't want to close her bedroom door behind me.
I didn't want her year of three to leave me quite yet.
Ready or not.

For her 4th, LDC wanted to get her glow on.

We were all aglow and had a glowing good time- to be continued on the pics from the festivities...

Sept 7



My BirthDay started with a



drink stirred not shaken



(don't fool yourself- a cold one was nearby that didn't contain sand, berries, dirt and leaves)



What?? 25. 
Too many cold ones??
LDC has the 3 with her fingers and I was joking around with my boo.
3-7

September 7th 2014

The following pic has zippo to do with my birthday.

 

It seems whenever we are out to dinner and five minutes into the food being served that LDC needs to go.

Motherhood.

That night, in the BBQ restaurant restroom, it was a mix of encouragement while the food was getting cold and laughter for the soul.