Morning's Light

Visited Treinen Farm (home of Wisconsin's largest corn maze) on Saturday. A cold, windy day – but still worth the drive.  The farm is beautiful with so many things to see and do.  We had so much fun!

 

I don't know this woman or her daughter…but thought they were fashionably dressed!

Linda made rice krispie treats in the shapes/colors of leaves and wrapped them up tidily in a pretty parcel tied with ribbon.

 

These turkeys were being chased by kids…and responded by squawks that sounded just like a dog's bark.  Quite entertaining.

 

I walked around around to get photos of some items I found charming.  The faded, older items appealed to me as I love to mix them with bright, shiny new things!  So this was right up my alley (apart from the moment I spent in the "baby chicks" barn.  One whiff and I was okay to leave that building).

 

This mobile (above + below) was adorable. 

 

 

Every sign was as cute as this one.

 

One building held a fun fort in which kids could play.  A bin held so much corn that it was the ideal place for kids to play in.  Most chose to lie down and make….corn angels?!  Throwing the corn was discouraged.

 

Here's Linda – in the actual corn maze – at the end of a 90 minute walk to find the 8 boxes which held the 8 clues.  Along the way, we wondered why there is no reality show out there that is a combination of "Biggest Loser" and "The Amazing Race"??  People could do incredible workouts in exotic locations around the world.  I'd watch that show.

 

When you found your pumpkins, you could tote them to your car in this little wagon. Naturally, what else would you want to carry them in?!

 

 

I have plans for these signs.  Well, these photos of the signs.  My apartment entrance is on the ground floor. Once you enter the front door, you immediately ascend 20 steps to find yourself in my dining room.  I'd like to enlarge these two photos above and post them where you'd see the "welcome" one as you arrived and "thank you" as you left.  

 

The farm was crowded on Saturday.  So many families!

 

Okay – this picture was on the wall at the restaurant in Madison, and most of us stared at it during dinner.  Tell me this does not look like two men??!  We know it's supposed to be a husband/wife portrait.  When I mentioned that I was thinking  that if I posted this photo here, someone might write in and say "Hey – that's my grandmother in the photo!", Dan said "Who? The one on the left?!"  (ouch!  I know they were told to not smile for photos…but still…)

UPDATE:  We are officially receiving our first snow of the season.  WHAT?!!! Yet I see it out my window right now.