Discovery Park of America, located in Union City, Tennessee featured a Pumpkin Village during the month of October. Included in the village were cornstalk horses, hay bale creatures and a scarecrow village. Here are a few photos my husband took of this outdoor display.
“I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin and crisp sunburnt leaves.” ~Unknown
“Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!” ~Jennie Finch
“He slept beneath the moon, he basked beneath the sun; he lived a life of going to do and died with nothing done.” ~James Albery
“The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower a tethered butterfly.” ~Ponce Denis Ecouchard Le Brun
I found these little caterpillars while I was cutting back some blackberry bushes. They seemed to be enjoying the sunshine and each other’s company. I believe the gray one is a Banded Tussock Moth Caterpillar and the yellow one is an American Dagger Moth Caterpillar.
“Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” ~Izaak Walton
These partridge peas which grow wild along our country road add simple beauty and cheerful color to the landscape.
“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.” ~Max Ehrmann
“But in October what a feast to the eye our woods and groves present! The whole body of the air seems enriched by their calm, slow radiance.” ~John Burroughs
This little squirrel was busy collecting nuts for a future snack. He paused momentarily for a couple of photos before scampering off behind the barn to bury them.
“Good things come to those who find it and shove it in their mouth!”
~ E. B. White (Templeton the Rat, Charlotte’s Web)
White pelicans at Reelfoot Lake State Park
