Pumpkin Patch

Darn, another disappointment....

Last Saturday was supposed to be way far out but it certainly was not. Actually I'm a little frustrated about only one thing, the rest of the day was just fine. The pumpkin patch used to be my favorite place to go to when I was a kid; beside x-mas morning, and the once a year summer vacation to Valley Fair, the pumpkin patch was literally the only thing I looked forward to all year. Mom and Dad would gather us together, even my brother who usually was never around, we'd go there and have a good old time. We'd pick out pumpkins and take them home and carve whimsical faces. Oh, those were the days. Not so fun anymore.

The main disappointment of the trip to the pumpkin patch next to the haunted house being not so haunted anymore and the maze going in a circle, there weren't any pumpkins! There was pumpkins but the sad and droopy ones. I brought an eight year old there and he didn't even feel the festive October warmth that used to be. Man, I've come to think of it, maybe when I was a kid it was the same way, maybe I'm not so childish anymore. Too bad, it could have been a cool place to run off to, ya know?