The Pumpkin Patch

Strawberry Hollow Farm is a landmark of Guilford Ct.
A must see if you are in the mood for an old fashioned
experience and perfect for this time of year.

The building is heated the old fashioned way with a wood stove which keeps it’s customers toasty warm.

The farmers SIL who now runs the gift shop

said at times it’s so warm the doors are left open to let the heat out.

Another building where the pumpkins are stored.

 

We try to make it over every year. We came almost 3 weeks ago

which is why you still see the leaves on  the trees and they are

GREEN!!!

He told us this was the most photographed sign of all.

But this was his favorite.

He used to have it displayed right by the field but he decided that

some of the folks would take offense to it so he removed it.

Some people have no sense of humor!!!!

Turned out that it was also stolen a few times too.

To get to the field you have to walk down a long steep driveway

but the view from above is like a postcard.

The mammoth pumpkins are usually sold in advanced

so he stores them away so as not to entice other customers.

He was kind enough to show them to us anyways.

I’d be proud of these too.

The difficult part is keeping the squirrels from eating

them so he leaves a few

outside that they’ve already started to nibble on
so they don’t try eating all of them.

Tomorrow we will finally carve our pumpkin before

going to a Halloween Party.

Have you gotten your pumpkin yet???

or going to a Party????

Happy Halloween!

Strawberry Hollow Farm is a true landmark in

Guilford Connecticut.  Located on Boston Post rd it’s so popular that they have to hire traffic cops

 to keep the traffic flowing on the weekends.

It’s small building is charming and filled with

decorations for the season.

Right after Halloween the store transforms into a Christmas shop full of charming country decorations typical of

New England.

THE VILLAGE @ The Florence Griswold Museum

A couple of weeks ago we stopped over at the Florence Griswold Museum.

You know….. the one with that cool Bramble structure in my previous post.

The creativity on the grounds of the museum doesn’t end there.

Various local artists were asked to make a scarecrow of their choice

in the spirit of Halloween and the Fall season.

This first one is a scarecrow that I first saw at Jen’s Wedding which was

held at the Museum. These pictures are from that day…..didn’t think showing you

these on the same time as the wedding pics was the right time.

Green man (as I call him) had to be with his own kind.

I think you’ll see why.

The Museum is an impressionist art museum so this

pumpkin man is the perfect homage to the artists

past and present.

I took at lot of pictures of Green man.

I thought he was amazing but at the time I hadn’t seen all the other

ones all over the property.

Found it interesting that they only had a picture

of a bottle of wine??

but if you think about it …it makes sense.

What artist wouldn’t want to paint this view?

Each exhibitor was numbered by a wooden crow and pumpkin marker.

Now I should mention again that we

were here just as they were closing so I never did get a pamphlet of

who’s work was who’s.

I also think you needed to go inside and buy a ticket.

…….we didn't do that either?

This one you could say was the crazy psychedelic man.

Reminds me of Elton John in his younger years. 

The glasses are so Elton.

The head on this Lady seemed made from wood but seeing it now

it could have been made from a gooseneck gourd or it could

be one option.

The views of the Lieutenant  River.

Huck Finn enjoying a nice nap with his dog.

If they hadn’t been closing I think I would have

joined him for a few ZZZZZ's

Now this structure speaks to the JUNKERS in us.

The wheels seem still attached to the body then a board is centered in the middle.

The head from some machinery part.

The inspiration is from the famous

artist Salvatore Dali ~ Scream

Ok a few more scary people….well not people!

at night in the dark they are…

Zombies!!!!! haha

Come on it’s Halloween!

This scarecrow was more the type you’d see in

a front yard and more do-able for most of us .

I can’t look at this guy without thinking of  the movie

The Village from M.A. Shyamalan

Do you remember that movie???

One of my favorites and a must see with a great ending.

If you haven’t seen it, I don’t want to say more and ruin it for you.

If you did see I’d love to hear what you thought of it.  

The Village

Ok only a few more!!!!

This is a long post…..lots of pictures so I’ll keep the chit chat down to a minimum.

haha

The garden area had it’s own inhabitants.

A few time I caught myself thinking these were real people.

The plastic straws coming out of this gentleman hands should

have tipped me off.

No cell phone for this fella.

LOVE the pocket watches hanging under his umbrella.

A better view of the garden. It was still green then but we've now come close to freezing a few

nights so it's probably more yellow now but the

leaves on the trees must be magnificent.

Maybe tomorrow around lunchtime I might

swing by to check the foliage

Monkshood or aconitum....a underused plant.

and a must if you have vole problems....the whole plant is

poisonous.....and most importantly the roots which is what they eat.

And HELLO

 it's BLUE and depending on the variety flowers in the Fall.

Speaking of Blue check out this sky!

Stickmen that greet you at one of the entrances.

One of those things I always think I'd like to try

making until I realize it's not as

easy as it looks to find the right size wood.

Not sure why I'm ending with this painter painting with

his feet........just thought it was cute.

Blogger is telling me that my "post is not saved due to form error"

so I guess that means I'm done and have to publish!!!

I hope!!! would hate to lose the whole thing.

Thanks for lasting thru this long post with too many pictures.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I

enjoyed sharing it with you.

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Pretty soon I feel a blog break coming.

Still so much to do and not enough time to do it in.

You know..... blah blah poor me!!!