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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Pumkin Patch Like No Other (with Charlie Brown and friends!)

There's so many things nowadays that kids get to do, see, or go to that weren't around when I was little. One such thing is a pumpkin patch. However, I was finally able to attend one at the end of October!


The catch was it was at the Dallas Arboretum... which is a most stunning visual place even without pumpkins. It has a million flowers and plants and it's gorgeous every day of the year, and quite a days worth of beauty.
As I looked at the dates to go, I realized that there was only one weekend left of the pumpkin patch at the Dallas Arboretum... where there it "highlights the nationally acclaimed Pumpkin Village featuring pumpkin houses and creative displays utilizing more than 90,000 pumpkins, gouds and squash. This year with the theme, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
I immediately thought about my friend Dana who lives an hour north of the Dallas Arboretum and I live an hour south. We like to get together once or twice a year, so this was perfect! However.... I also thought about our friend Ann who lives near Dana. 
Ann LOVES the Fall. And I mean loves the fall. After the Fall is over, she talks about how she can't wait for Fall to return, hahaha.
So I reached out to both of them and told them that I would treat them to the Dallas Arboretum pumpkin patch! We figured out we could all go on the very last Sunday of the event and the three of us spent a cool and relaxing 6-hour day of walking around the Dallas Arboretum together, catching up and making memories! We got super lucky that the weather was fantastic on this Sunday! Cold front came through a day before and there was a crisp coolness in the air with beautiful blue skies, not a cloud to be seen. It was perfect!
I have never seen so many pumpkins!
To me, the coolest thing about this memory was that Dana and Ann had never been to the Dallas Arboretum. I was so excited for them to get to finally see it!
It was a such a great day with great friends.

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