Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for October 12, 2021

You can pick your friends and you can pick your pumpkin but you can’t pick your friend’s pumpkin.

For most the country is a far distant land, miles from where they live, reached through crazy traffic, that takes a long time to reach for only a few minutes enjoyment. Effort doesn’t balance with result.

Why does it matter?

Just took a trip (all of I81 through Virginia). Along the way there was a huge field of pumpkins that had not been harvested yet. Pumpkins as far as you could see. Don’t know if they intended it as a pick your own or just had not harvested. Maybe Linus will use it as his pumpkin patch this year.

Pumpkin Spice ____________________. (Fill in the blank).

Yep, grocery store pumpkin, $5, Field pumpkin, pick your own……..admission up to $20. Pumpkin $5 each, “hayride” to and back from the field $2, corn maze another $5. three hours later, 4 small pumpkins, cold, wet, dirty and broke. Kids experience….priceless

Mom missed out on the hayride and petting zoo.

Trips to the Pumpkin Patch were always fun. However, sometimes life gets in the way. Thank goodness for cheap pumpkins at the grocery store. The kids were happy either way; just don’t make the store the only way.

Hey now, not all dads are lazy and always looking for the easy/cheap way out.

We have quite a few pumpkin patches around our fair little town. Some have corn mazes, some have hayrides, some have cider and doughnuts, and all of them are fun. Now that the last grandkid has moved away, I’m missing the pumpkin patch.

Does Walmart and/or Target sell pumpkins too?