Welcome to November and apparently the start of the Christmas shopping season since most of the stores seem to have started decorating and selling Christmas items two weeks ago. We were both busy traveling for work this week so not to much exciting news on the home front from the week.
But we did manage an exciting weekend. Friday night we joined Sheri and Bruno, and Gene and Kathy for dinner then it was off to the Providence zoo to see the pumpkin extravaganza - see Providence Zoo Pumpkin. They had over 5,000 carved pumpkins displayed. Everything from
very fancy faces carved onto the pumpkins to the more standard three triangles and a mouth. It was an enjoyable evening as the temperatures were warm as we wandered through the pumpkin displays. One interesting item was they had several carved 1,000 lb pumpkins. When you have something that big there is a lot you can do. It certainly gave you ideas for our next pumpkin carving event.
Saturday brought another warm day so we tackled the leaves and garden after our morning chores. We collected the leaves for garden mulch and then removed the last of our crops for this
year - the sweet potatoes. While we didn't get any monsters we were pleasantly surprised as we didn't expect much due to the wet and cool weather we had this year - photos will be posted next week. Then it was in for a meal of pasta and fresh homemade bread with a fresh apple crisp (with vanilla ice cream naturally) for dessert before heading out to see Avenue Q at the Garde Theater in New London. Great show and we enjoyed seeing it again - we had seen it before on Broadway - and certainly worth going to if it is nearby.
Today we enjoyed the extra hour of sleep before our morning exercises. Then Jo packed up as she is headed to Paris for four days. She is certainly looking forward to getting some warm crepe nutellas from the street vendors and of course, she might have to a little work in between her crepe's. I tackled some indoor chores and hope to bury myself in a book later this afternoon.
We have been enjoying watching the World Series and are cheering for the Phillies due to our years in Philadelphia. Although, both teams looking really strong this year, so it could be either side at the end.
But we did manage an exciting weekend. Friday night we joined Sheri and Bruno, and Gene and Kathy for dinner then it was off to the Providence zoo to see the pumpkin extravaganza - see Providence Zoo Pumpkin. They had over 5,000 carved pumpkins displayed. Everything from
very fancy faces carved onto the pumpkins to the more standard three triangles and a mouth. It was an enjoyable evening as the temperatures were warm as we wandered through the pumpkin displays. One interesting item was they had several carved 1,000 lb pumpkins. When you have something that big there is a lot you can do. It certainly gave you ideas for our next pumpkin carving event. Saturday brought another warm day so we tackled the leaves and garden after our morning chores. We collected the leaves for garden mulch and then removed the last of our crops for this
year - the sweet potatoes. While we didn't get any monsters we were pleasantly surprised as we didn't expect much due to the wet and cool weather we had this year - photos will be posted next week. Then it was in for a meal of pasta and fresh homemade bread with a fresh apple crisp (with vanilla ice cream naturally) for dessert before heading out to see Avenue Q at the Garde Theater in New London. Great show and we enjoyed seeing it again - we had seen it before on Broadway - and certainly worth going to if it is nearby. Today we enjoyed the extra hour of sleep before our morning exercises. Then Jo packed up as she is headed to Paris for four days. She is certainly looking forward to getting some warm crepe nutellas from the street vendors and of course, she might have to a little work in between her crepe's. I tackled some indoor chores and hope to bury myself in a book later this afternoon.
We have been enjoying watching the World Series and are cheering for the Phillies due to our years in Philadelphia. Although, both teams looking really strong this year, so it could be either side at the end.
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