Jean’s Berry Patch doubles as our local pumpkin patch and it’s 10 minutes away. We got free apple cider, 3 pumpkins, a few onions and a few peppers, too… all for under $20.00. They have fresh produce most of the year… we’re pretty excited that we found this place :)
Umm… with the obscene amount of Meg pictures we have, we should start a 12-month, 365 dog-a-day calendar… hehe :)
Now that my dh has New York fever, we had to drive to our nearest semi-big city, Charlotte, to check it out and see some “buildings”. We currently live in a sleepy bedroom community called Cary, which is 20 minutes west of Raleigh. We mostly see big box stores, trees, walking trails, more trees, lakes, streams and the occasional field of tobacco or livestock… not a whole lot of cityscapes. Raleigh does have a few blocks of big buildings, but it’s not as dense as Charlotte. So, we’re actively trying to find some impressive concrete jungles within a few hour drive of here to keep him sane and happy ;)
Of course we took our dog! ;)
Then a few days later I saw the same church (across from the restaurant we ate at) in the background of the cinematic masterpiece, Shallow Hal. I snapped a blurry pic off of the TV… Hal (Jack Black) is chasing after a lady he just shared a taxi with. It was a fun coincidence :)
We ended up eating at a restaurant called Rock Bottom. We used to frequent its parent company’s place in Burbank, Gordon Bierch, alllll the time. It was nice to have a familiar wedge salad and Oktoberfest beer out on the patio looking towards that famous church.
We think Meg could appreciate the nightlife & city noise, too
A few weeks ago, my sister-in-law got married in Manhattan. I wasn’t able to go, but my dh went and got some great shots. He hadn’t been to NY since he was a kid, and this short trip was enough to convince him that he’s now a New Yorker at heart… and wants to move there. I highly doubt that we’ll be filling up a moving truck any time soon, but it was cool to hear him talking about something with the excitement of a 10 year old going to Disneyland for the first time ;)
And these shots came from my sister-in-law and brother-in-law’s (!!) photographer… (I have a brother-in-law now, too!! yay!)
I am quite fond of shot of the bride and groom walking their dogs… who are wearing little tuxedo tops ;) (I painted two portraits of these two boys a while back…)
They look SO happy and the wedding was so beautiful… I’m so upset I missed it, but I’m sure we’ll be heading back to the city soon, seeing as someone I know reallllly wants to go back ;) Congrats E & T!!!!!