Mini Pumpkins!

Some of the world's largest pumpkins have weighed in at more than 2500 pounds!

Did you know the largest Pumpkin Pie ever made was over five ft. in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds! It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake!
 

Meadow of Goldenrod

Passed a Meadow of Blooming Goldenrod this morning...a sure sign of fall's arrival!

Autumn, my favorite season!

Vintage Find - Victor Adding Machines & Vintage Hole Punch

These were a fun find. I love vintage office equipment ! I used adding machines like these at my first job! They sure were big and heavy! The larger one is probably circa 1920's and sometime later they came out with a '10 -key' which they called their portable model :)

If you enjoy a bit of history here is a link to the "Made in Chicago Museum"   where you can learn more about the Victor Adding Machines as well as the industrial history of everyday objects. Have to chuckle... "Believe it or not, one of the key selling points of these sleek beauties was their 'lightweight' construction; bearing in mind that the 30-pound bulk of the early 1920's models was a bit of an improvement on the popular precursors on the market."

The cast iron hole punch by Wilson Jones Co. is circa 1940's.  

American Burnweed

 Even in a weed 

    there is beauty.

Impatiens

My impatiens are still blooming. They are loving the shade!

Did you know there are more than a thousand varieties available?!!

 

Through The Seasons...in these woods

A Cherokee Feast of Days ~ Joyce Sequichie

Oriental Lady's Thumb

Persicaria Longiseta is a species of flowering plant in the 'knotweed' family known by the common names Oriental Ladys Thumb, Creeping smartweed, Low smartweed, Bristly smartweed, Tufted knotweed, and Asiatic smartweed.

The Lady's Thumb flowers can bloom anytime from late spring to early fall. 

It's an invasive species...has definitely spread prolifically around here!
 

Another pretty weed!