Happy Halloween!

My pumpkin won first place at our friends pumpkin carving contest. Solomon was thrilled to find out that the prize was an alien Mr. Potato head.

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Time to relax.....

(Picture from a trip with friends to the Sandy River in Oxbow park earlier in the week)

Whew, that was a crazy month of sewing! I am so thankful for all the business I have had this month at HumbleLuna. 20% of my October sales will be donated to Whatchagonnado.org to help families with a child who is battling cancer. Grateful for all the support, and grateful I can make a difference for the organization.
I made over 30 costumes this month for my Etsy shop and have finally finished Solomon's homemade superman costume and helped Sophie alter a costume she found to fit her just right. So glad she didn't need a costume from scratch this year, I don't think I could have pulled it off. It was a last minute rush to get her costume ready for the Harvest festival at her school Friday night.
Solomon chose to be superman several weeks ago and I hunted all over for a plain blue pair of long underwear and a pair of tiny red breifs to go over the top. Then he decided he wanted to be a dragon, than a spider dragon then a bat, then after I showed him his finished costume he said "Ok, Fine mom I will be superman." Not that I was pushing the superman thing, I would prefer to make a more original costume.....this is my passion after all. But after so much sewing I am just happy that they have costumes at all at this point.
Check out the gnome and the turtle from years past.
Right now I am thankful for a little time off from the sewing machine. I am hoping to get out and enjoy this beautiful autumn out in the woods at some point this weekend.
Hope you all have a pleasant Autumn weekend!

A simple moment from my week to cherish and remember. Inspired by Soulemama.


(can you spot my little gnome?)

The Lavender Farm...

This is my last batch of photos from the Farm tour last weekend.The lavender farm was beautiful. It smelled lovely. I am sure it was quite a beautiful sight earlier this summer, fields of purple. I think we will have to visit in the summer next year.

This Moment..

A simple moment from my week. One that I want to cherish and remember. Inspired by Soulemama.

The Fruit Loop Tour-Part 2

My farm posts continue at Draper Girls Country Farm. This was one of the prettiest farms I have seen, with Mt.Hood looming in the distance. We ate a picnic lunch and wandered around for a while. I didn't want to leave, it just felt right being there.

How can you beat a view like this? It is so much bigger than the camera can capture. The low clouds burned off just in time for us to get a magnificent view. Worth the weeks of waiting for good weekend weather.

I bet she helps with the fertilizer..

Isn't this a beautiful pumpkin?

And a giant tree swing to boot...

Even a little brother, who is not a swing person, had to give it a try.

The apple orchards.

Giant Hollyhocks, my favorite flower. I dream of a house with Hollyhocks towering in the yard. I swear they were about 15 feet high. The one Hollyhock plant I grew this year in my yard was about 2 feet high. Maybe I should get a pig.......

Such a beautiful place! I can't wait to visit again.

The Fruit Loop Tour (part one: a new patch)

On Sunday my family and I took a day trip along the Fruit Loop Tour near Mt Hood. I had been waiting weeks for good sunny weather with clear skies, if we were going to be that close to the mountain, I wanted to be able to see it(and take a billion pictures of it). The weather was warm sunny and beautiful and it couldn't have been nicer weather for a scenic drive and visits to several farms in Hood River County.
I took many many photos and would love to share as many as possible so I am just going to break my posts down into the different farms that we visited. Our first stop was the pumpkin patch at Rasmussen Farms. It was fun and kind of a relief not to have to take the bumpy hay ride we usually endure to get to our old trusty patch, and it was much less crowed with the city being much farther away, even on a Sunday.