Hikes, Sales & Crafting!

We are doing our best to make the most of the beautiful Fall weather we have been having! There are so many nice local things going on we are trying to fit in as many as we can. Between my usual work around the house, volunteering at school, my son's tutors and caring for my Mom, my days are pretty filled but there's always time to steal away for a few moments and have some fun making my pumpkin friends!

We are also starting to get responses for Caitlin's Halloween Sleep Over party. We have some fun things planned and so far we have gotten all yes's....We are making some homemade goody bags and other items as give- aways.

This past weekend I hit a couple of garage sales and found some good stuff! A wonderful addition to my Holly Hobbie collection and guess what? The plate is about "Autumn"!

I also found two other sweet plates:

 This next one is small but oh so adorable. The color is black with accents of yellow. All the plates were only fifty cents each! Now that's a bargain!

I also picked up this pair of pretty planters:

And last but not least, another addition to the Pyrex Amish Butterprint series! Hurray! $1.00! Sold!

On Sunday, we we went to a state park near our home. It's in Smithtown and it's called Caleb Smith State Park. My husband had seen news about a Fall Festival so away we went! We walked through the beautiful trails and did a four mile hike.

This is the Caleb Smith House on the grounds. A historic structure. Out front were tents with things for kids to do.  And below is the lake that we hiked around.

 There were pumpkins to pick and decorate!

And a wonderful speaker who brought hawks and falcons for everyone to see. They were beautiful!

 They taught kids how to fly fish!

We just loved the day! It was so beautiful and so chilly!

Caitlin even made Native American treasures!

So much fun and we didn't have to travel more than five miles for it!