“Dear Great Pumpkin, Halloween is now only a few days away. Children all over the world await you coming. When you rise out of the pumpkin patch that night, please remember I am your most loyal follower. Have a nice trip. Don't forget to take out flight insurance.”

- Charles M. Schulz

We take him to the pumpkin farm. The weather is foggy and a bit misty and it is a perfect day for an orange tabby to roam the farm. We grab a wheelbarrow and watch as he chooses small pumpkins and gourds of various colors and shapes to place inside. We walk the farm, see the roster, and a chicken in a tree! We walk among the sunflower patch but just look at the corn maze. We sit on a bench when he declares he is done and have a snack. Before we go to the car to load up, he insists on one last walk through the farm, where he and I both add a couple more to the pile.

I took several photos, which will no doubt show up here soon.