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Diane's Pumpkin Patch

MilliGFunk and the Giant Pumpkin, photo by Nick

Little is more perfectly fall than picking pumpkins together, and Nick and I are both suckers for fall. We decorated our front porch in fall colors, pumpkins and a scarecrow, and we picked pumpkins together as part of a Groupon date at Diane’s Pumpkin Patch in Canon City, Colorado.
Diane’s Pumpkin Patch is a family-run business [...]

Crashing a Small Town Oktoberfest

MilliGFunk in Small Town, Colorado

Early in Oktober (get it? har har har), Nick and I traveled to a small Colorado town. Said small town is best known for a big hole in the ground near it that you may have heard of — The Royal Gorge. The town is called Canon City, and its population is just over 15,000 [...]

Farmington, MO Fall Festival

Guest Post by Jody McDowell
The annual Farmington Fall Festival is happening downtown this Saturday, the 24th, from 9:00 to 3:00. West Columbia street will be lined with festive booths featuring handmade arts and crafts from local artists, and delicious eats.
There is sure to be something for everyone! Animal lovers can attend Pet Fest at the [...]

Rainy Days

It’s been a cool and rainy fall so far in Southeast Missouri with day after day of 40 degree temperatures and lots of rain. Thank goodness we’ve had some sunshine last weekend and this weekend, but to give those of you who aren’t in rural Missouri an idea of what we’ve been faced with weather-wise [...]

Pumpkins

A year ago, I walked to the Fort Greene Farmers Market to buy pumkins and hot apple cider for homemade pumpkin soup. This year I went to Eckert’s Farm in Ellisville, Illinois as part of the #stlappletweetup.
I took a bit of time after picking apples to photograph the amazing pumpkins at Eckert’s. These photos were all [...]