Goodbye summer. Hello fall!

Hello pumpkins!

Autumn leaves, shorter days and I am drinking more apple cider than ever. It's time for apple picking, pumpkin picking and hay rides.

Apples at the Demarest Farm Store

The holiday madness has begun! It's getting earlier and earlier each year. Don't we love the last few chaotic months of the year? Utter confusion as to what season should we be shopping for? It doesn't help when we're bombarded with reminders of the impending holiday season from newspaper pull-outs to X'mas ornaments being displayed concurrently with Halloween ghouls & Thanksgiving bric-a-brac at Hallmark stores. And, not forgetting Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot & Hanukah. Hmm, no wonder people tend to get feisty and brawl over parking spaces during this time of the year.

Well, let me tell you something. It's not only the malls that are filled with people. Yesterday, we were at Demarest Farm and the entire place was swarmed with people. The young and the restless, the seniors and their grandkids - all lining up for hay rides, hot-dogs, ice-cream, etc. It sure wasn't what I had in mind when I suggested this activity to Adrian.

Mums to relax the eyes

Anyway, we still managed to find a precious parking spot and made our way to Demarest Farm.

Fall harvest awaits visitors outside the Demarest Farm store

The many faces of pumpkins

The multi-colored Indian corn

These cute mini produce makes great fall decor around the house

A drunk pumpkin

This "wasted" pumpkin is my favorite. He probably had too much hot toddy earlier on. Hic! We thought of bringing him home with us but he might hurl & mess up the car. So, we decided to leave him there to dry out.

Eggnog with brandy, anyone???