zinnias and a few pumpkins

We headed west to a charming pumpkin patch but instead found flowers.  

We picked for hours at the delight of our little pickers on a sunny and cool fall day.  They filled plastic cups as full as they could with bright blooms.

We found the pumpkins too but somehow they seemed a lot less interesting compared to the rows and rows of fresh flowers that begged to be picked.  

In preparation for the upcoming holiday, we found a few pumpkins that seemed to need a good home on our front doorstep.  Those few were far bigger than the "you-need-to-be-able-to-carry-it-yourself" rule but Momma caved when the pumpkins they picked were full of character with hardy stems, lots of lines and odd shaped.

It is always nice to spend the day away finding new adventures together in the country.