Finally Fall

The weather here has been amazing this weekend.....most likely what all of you have experienced for at least a month now. Cool temps at night and mild during the day....perfect! We've been trying to get the house more fall-ish the past two weekends. Last weekend I went to buy pumpkins and mums. We don't grow pumpkins in FL so they have to be imported to roadside stands at intersections or in church parking lots....not exactly how you picture pumpkin picking. So standing in a grass lot next to the SuperTarget I retrieved my $9 pumpkin trucked in from an Appalachian grower......oh, and a bale of hay. My sister said that in Idaho they charge 28 cents a pound for a pumpkin.....so for $9 she can buy a 32 pound pumpkin. I'm moving.

Here's some fall pics:

Our "fat cat" pumpkin

The scarecrow won't cooperate and sit still for a picture

This scarecrow needs a new arm.....

Friday night we went downtown to the Florida Theatre to see a legend, Tony Bennett (alright people, stop your laughing). The evening started with dinner at a hip little burrito place downtown right around the corner from the venue....super yummy veggie burrito, although they were the size of our heads. There's a very small park across from the concert hall where we sat and enjoyed the beautiful weather while waiting for the show. The Florida Theatre was built in 1927 and still has all of the original architecture and decor of that time (except for the bar with the flat screen tv in the front....pretty sure that was new). In this part of FL we have a lot of old spanish influenced architecture (thanks to the spanish explorers) and this theater was no exception. What can I say about the concert? Phenomenal! Tony Bennett is one of those performers that sounds just as good live as he does recorded. At 82 he is still a cool cat! We had a great time and enjoyed every minute of the music and the stories he told.