Punkin Pickin

October is one of the absolute best times of the year to live in this part of the country. We're so fortunate to have our pick of a number of local farms with apples to pluck off the trees and pumpkins to pluck off the vines.  While we've definitely done the Fall Festival circuit over the years, we've all settled on Neltner's Farm in Northern Kentucky as our pick of the season. Especially if you hit it early in October, it's the perfect mix of drifting music, cooling temperatures, rolling hillsides and smiling families.  I'll just go ahead and let the photos to the rest of the work of describing why this has come to be one of our favorite seasonal traditions.

Wordless Wednesday

Monday Mandala(s)

Making mandalas out of things we find around the neighborhood or on our various family adventures is one of our favorite past times. What started as a fun way to participate in the #MondayMandala instragram community has evolved into the girls running up to me with treasures in hand declaring, "This will be perfect for a mandala."  Their little hands collaborating on the perfect placement just melt me.  They're always so proud of what they make and the calming collaboration is what making mandalas is all about.  Here are a few scenes over the past few weeks of mandalas in the making - from things we found on walks in the neighborhood and one with chalk that Josie created on the stone path leading up to our house.

It's been awhile since we made a mandala out in the world for someone else to discover, so that's on the October bucket list. So many beautiful leaves out their just waiting to be assembled into a magical mandala!