It's November!!!!!

I really can't believe how fast time is moving. It's been less than a month since the big Apple Butter Festival (photos coming soon to the Apple Butter Blog ... see link) and we've been busy with many activities. So, here are a few photos of just a few of the things that have been keeping us on the move.

I know this looks like an ordinary pile of rocks, but you're actually looking at a pile of aquamarine, garnets, tourmaline, morganite, goshenite, golden beryl...I can't remember all the names -- many I heard for the first time during our visit to Gem Mountain Mine in North Carolina. Steve took me on a mining tour for our 15th wedding anniversary. We got filthy, banged up, cut up, but we had a great time. These are (from R to L) aquamarine, garnet and golden beryl. I left the aquamarine and golden beryl to be cut. I think the golden beryl was an especially good find.

Picking pumpkins at Hanover Vegetable Farm.
Evie found hers quickly.
All you can carry for $20.00!!!!

Lilly enjoyed carving the pumpkins.

Evie did not.

It's Halloween and the gang's all here!!!

Evie and Lilly in costume.

Children of the Corn