Guess who?

It's that costume time of the year. 

May I present Alice . . . 

And the White Rabbit!

"I'm late!I'm late! For a very important date!"

(Send in pictures of your costumes and I will put them on the blog. 'Can't wait to see them.)

Adding a few personal touches.

Ken dropped over one afternoon and hung two pictures and a mirror! The place is beginning to feel more like home!

 We quilters have a saying, "measure twice, cut once". He did and it was perfect when he hung it.

 It is a HEAVY mirror and instead of a wire, it has two separate hangers, one on each side. He nailed it the first time!

 It's in the entry hall it looks especially good.

January suggested hanging it there 

and it is the perfect place for it.

The SJC Mission is in a beautiful spot.

The Temple picture is in the living room by the piano where it fits in nicely.

O P T I M I S T

Since this cute little boutique was right next to the Pumpkin Patch, I thought I'd take a picture of it as well. It's a re-sale shop with THE best name . . .Wandering Wardrobe!

 Such a cute old house. I went in and had a look around. Tiny rooms, steep staircase, and full of charm.

THE OPTIMIST!

 As I got back in my car and pulled out in traffic, I came to a stop light. Next to me "this" pulled up.

Looks like someone did a little target shooting at one time.

 I grabbed my camera and got a few shots.

I would love to see this car in a couple of years,

(and a lot of $$$ put into it!)

ANOTHER CUTE PUMPKIN PATCH

Almost every time I go somewhere in my car, I pass this cute pumpkin patch.

 It is so festive, I had to take a picture. Suzanne told me they have been doing this for years. They leave them out at night (of course) but everything is on the honor system. If no one is there when you pick out your pumpkins, the sign on the door says, "just total up the amount and place it in an envelope and drop in the mail slot". 

This is the sign on the door.

I guess it works, because they set up every year! 

It's hard to beat October in Utah!

A FUN ACTIVITY

In the past, Sue has sent me some very special hand made cards. There is a very talented lady in "our" ward who every once and awhile offers a class for making cards. She only charges for the actual cost (what could be better than that!) and it is a fun couple of hours.  I've been to two and enjoyed both very much.

 Tammy (in the dark shirt) is the teacher. She opens her home to two classes. One at 1p and the other at 7p. How accommodating is that! She puts a heavy piece of plastic on her table and provides all the punches, card stock, inks, etc.

 My chair is the empty one. I'm taking the pictures!

 There were just the four of us, so we got lots of attention. Dixie, my landlady and really a fun, nice woman is at the end of the table. Sue and I made one of each.

We didn't exactly make cards this time. The black one on the left can hold a candy bar (Snickers, Mars, etc.) and the other two can hold little corn candies, etc.

PUMPKIN PATCH

Here in Utah, they really know how to do some Pumpkin Patches. I drive by this one every once and awhile and decided I should pull over and take some pictures.

 Those are giant tubes the kids can slide down.

 

 The tractor is set to take the people on a little excursion.

 This Mom has her kids in a wagon as they go around checking just what pumpkins to choose.

 These little donkeys (or burros?) might be for kiddies to ride? I think the second from the right might be carrying a little burrito!

There are many pumpkins to choose from.

 Here's a shot of them growing in the field.

 The field goes on forever and across the highway is more pumpkins. (There's another one of those thing-a-ma-jigs).

Here's a shot from my car (without using the zoom as I did in the others). Check out those mountains. Too bad we didn't have those October blue skies that day.

GRAB BAR

When my landlord (Tracy)  decided to put a grab bar in his shower, he asked me if I would like one as well. My tub/shower is very deep and really has nothing to hold on to when you get in, so I thought it would be a good idea to have one as well. Tracy didn't feel competent enough to do it himself, so he called his contractor friend, Hans, and together they got the job done. 

 Hans put the rug in the tub just in case something should drop.

 Here he is using his new $40 stud finder.

 He measured and measured and had a hard time finding the studs. No one wanted to drill in the wrong place.Finally Tracy got out his $20 stud finder and between the two, they were successful. They spend at least 30 minutes looking for the studs so they wouldn't drill in the wrong place. Hans said he was going to take his $40 stud finder back to the store and get his money back!

 Four hands make this job a lot easier.

Voila!

COMING ALONG

It's coming along.

My living area

Kitchen

Bedroom

First (non family) visitors - - my new visiting teachers.

W W D D ?

All work and no play makes Jane a dull girl!

W W D D ?

(What would Dennis do?)

Why Dennis would say, "Jane, let's go for a drive up the canyon and enjoy these beautiful Autumn colors", so that's what I did!

I asked Dennis and Sue for suggestions and they told me about Hobble Creek canyon and Dennis drew a map for me and off I went for my adventure while they did the 1K looking for Big Foot!

I'm off for my adventure!

 There were several places at the beginning to picnic. There is also a famous golf course (Bob loves to play that course), but I didn't get a picture of it.

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 Now entering the Uinta National Forest.

(taken thru the windshield)

 Check out those colors.

'Nuff  said.

                                                 Sure enough, I saw about a dozen.

 

 A couple of joggers.

Interesting fence.

 Bang Bang! I heard, then saw these guys target shooting, so I turned around and asked if I could take their picture.

This is what they were shooting at. He demoed for me but only hit one!

 After about 15 miles I hit a gravel road. From then on it was 10 -15 MPH.

 Even though there are higher mountains, I was up really high. The road narrowed a lot and was barely passable for two cars. I was on the "cliff" side, so was very thankful I only passed 3 cars from the other direction.

 You can't see them "quaking" but these quaking Aspens were gorgeous.

 Hobble Creek was on the going up side, and Diamond Creek was on the down (Spanish Fork) side.

 After about 15- 20 miles of gravel road, I finally came to pavement. It might not look very smooth, but after an hour or so of the gravel, I felt like I was riding in my luxury limo. 

S M O O T H!

My very first "selfie"

(did I spell that right?)

 Every 1/2 to 1 mile, there were these thing-a-ma-jigs. Don't know what they do, but the must do it well!

 Dennis told me I would come out by the "windmills". It was a relief to see them and that I had stayed on the correct roads. (There were several turn offs - - whew!).

I passed all these people when I hit the main highway and wondered what they were doing. I pulled over and took a picture and could see they were "rock hounds".

 And so my adventure ended. It took about 3 hours and was probably about 50 -60 miles.