today we went for a ride with the top down. it was in the high 70's and a very nice late summer day. we went to Phantom Farms first. it's an apple orchard so named because it IS haunted. the Ghost Hunters might want to check it out. i know this because i went for a hayride with our Cub Scout pack 15,000 years ago (seems like another lifetime) and we heard the whole ghoulishly fun story. today, M only bought a coffee and some kind of pastry. it was busy but not as busy as the second orchard we went to: The Big Apple. that place was packed. and some of the people there were weird looking. guess that would be because we slipped into another universe called Massachusetts.
we bought a big bag of MacIntosh Apples (my favorite all 'round apple) for only $10.95, and a bag of homemade donuts. we would have bought a HUGE bag of Paula Reds for work for 9 bucks but they only took cash or checks. who the hell carries cash around nowadays?...OR who the hell HAS cash nowadays?
even though the apples at the Big Apple are cheaper, i still like the homey-ness of Phantom Farms better.
after that, we went to the cemetery to replace the red, white and blue themed silk flowers and bunting with two simple fall bunches of silk autumn leaves (with flag and corncob pipe). this time, i left Dzadzu a cigarette from M's pack. can the dead get lung cancer??? i didn't do the tour (i.e. visit all my relatives) but we will do that for Halloween, for sure. i really, really miss my relatives at times but the one who has been bothering me the most lately is that stinky little weasel of a prairie dog. almost everyday i see a clear picture of him in my mind and feel him in my heart. i know he is unhappy being away from my sister who spoiled him rotten. it's my fault he is having such a hard time up there. i never prepared him. i never told him he was dying and that he should look for St Francis and wait for us and BE GOOD! i should have had nice long talks with him about it. now, he is just a rabid little brat who wants HIS blanket and HIS pillow and my mother's lasagna and HIS auntie. poor thing. if you believe in such things, pray for his little-self to be happy and patient and to BE GOOD!
pray for me, too. heaven looks so good.
www.phantomfarms.com
www.thebigapplefarm.com
i read half the book before i got interested. Dan Brown has spent a lot of time reading William Henry's works. i guess the twist at the end should bave been stunning, moving but it was just ho hum. Brown can tell a story but without a whole lot of originality.
today we went for a ride with the top down. it was in the high 70's and a very nice late summer day. we went to Phantom Farms first. it's an apple orchard so named because it IS haunted. the Ghost Hunters might want to check it out. i know this because i went for a hayride with our Cub Scout pack 15,000 years ago (seems like another lifetime) and we heard the whole ghoulishly fun story. today, M only bought a coffee and some kind of pastry. it was busy but not as busy as the second orchard we went to: The Big Apple. that place was packed. and some of the people there were weird looking. guess that would be because we slipped into another universe called Massachusetts.
While Blogger is fun and easy to use, i still fing keeping a written diary very satisfying.
Time to start sewing your costumes and decorating your doors because Halloween is almost on us! Almost. And because i just can't wait for Halloween to get here, i have indulged in some tradiotional Halloween, er, TREATS!
