{"id":3058,"date":"2014-10-29T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T18:55:09","slug":"pumpkin-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=3058","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! Hope your week has started out wonderfully. October has flown by, and I can&#8217;t believe we will be setting the clocks back an hour this weekend. Wasn&#8217;t it\u00a0<em>just\u00a0<\/em>the 4th of \u00a0July?? Although the weather has been a little chillier than I prefer, I adore fall and have been cramming in as many fall-time activities as I can. PSL from Starbucks? Check. Oktoberfest in Leavenworth? Check. Pumpkin patch? <em>Check<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A couple weeks ago my hubby and I headed up to Gau-Sco farm to pick pumpkins straight out of the patch. I did this last year with my niece and nephews, which I shared about in <a title=\"A Day at the Pumpkin Patch\" href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=289\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>. I loved it so much, I knew I had to go back this year to find our pumpkins. It was a little overcast, but nothing a PSL from Starbucks couldn&#8217;t fix:)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9221c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3067 size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9221c-708x1062.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9221c\" width=\"708\" height=\"1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9221c-708x1062.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9221c-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9221c-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How about this green pumpkin&#8230; thing?? I honestly don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s a pumpkin- to me it looks like a cross between a zucchini and a pumpkin. I was intrigued!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9222-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content wp-image-3068\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9222-copy-708x1062.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9222 copy\" width=\"708\" height=\"1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9222-copy-708x1062.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9222-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9222-copy-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I found this little guy randomly, and had to snatch him up. I mean- what a perfect little pumpkin!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9224-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3060 size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9224-copy-708x547.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9224 copy\" width=\"708\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9224-copy-708x547.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9224-copy-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9224-copy-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9224-copy.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9225c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3061 size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9225c-708x472.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9225c\" width=\"708\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9225c-708x472.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9225c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9225c-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then I got a little distracted and wandered off drinking my PSL and looking for white pumpkins&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9229-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3062 size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9229-copy-708x472.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9229 copy\" width=\"708\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9229-copy-708x472.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9229-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9229-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Found them!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9230-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3063 size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9230-copy-708x472.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9230 copy\" width=\"708\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9230-copy-708x472.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9230-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9230-copy-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I snagged a perfect baby white pumpkin while my hubby found a nice and round big orange pumpkin. I also found a smaller orange pumpkin with the funniest long stem for carving. We took our haul back to the car and took some snapshots of our pumpkin loot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9231-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3064 size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9231-copy-708x425.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9231 copy\" width=\"708\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9231-copy-708x425.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9231-copy-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_9231-copy-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0I definitely think we had a successful trip to the pumpkin patch:)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1728-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3066 size-moments-dont-collect-dust-main-content\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1728-copy-708x774.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1728 copy\" width=\"708\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1728-copy-708x774.jpg 708w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1728-copy-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1728-copy-935x1024.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10727307_842081539165126_488121197_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3065\" src=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10727307_842081539165126_488121197_n.jpg\" alt=\"10727307_842081539165126_488121197_n\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10727307_842081539165126_488121197_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10727307_842081539165126_488121197_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/10727307_842081539165126_488121197_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Where do you get pumpkins from this time of year? I would love to grow them myself- but until I improve my green thumb, the pumpkin patch will have to do:)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Wednesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! Hope your week has started out wonderfully. October has flown by, and I can&#8217;t believe we will be setting the clocks back an hour this weekend. Wasn&#8217;t it\u00a0just\u00a0the 4th of \u00a0July?? 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