"Woo Hoooo!...50 Years...!"

Wishing all our friends, neighbors, and family

a super fantastic time

at the

50th Anniversary celebration

of the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival this weekend

in the beautiful (used to be) small town of

Sycamore, Illinois.

(Festival photos can be viewed here.)

Be sure to

enjoy every single second...every minute of the parade,

every pork chop sandwich,

slice of pumpkin pie, and cup of hot chocolate too!

Mmmm...life is indeed good!

Wish we could be there to party with you. :)

♥

“The nice part about living in a small town

is that when you don't know what you're doing...

someone else does.”

~Author unknown

"On The Road Again..."

...in my sketchbook...

but this time back in Arizona

travelling between Wickenburg to Wikieup...

en route to Las Vegas Nevada.

(...flipped here just cuz I haven't done it in a long time! )

Lots of boulders, Joshua trees,
and beautiful, bold iron-red buttes decorated

our asphalt passage northwest!

Whew!

Do I have a lot of catching up to do!

“To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.”
~Chinese Proverb

"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."

~Jeff Candido and Jason Hoff

...advertising slogan

written for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

2002

In Memoriam...

"Your time is limited,

so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Don't be trapped by dogma-

which is living with the results of other people's

thinking.

Don't let the noise of other's opinions

drown out your own inner voice.

And most important,

have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

They

somehow already know

what you truly want to become.

Everything else is secondary."
~Steve Jobs

1955-2011

"Oh, Happy Day..."

October 2nd, 1945

they were wed at Alameda Naval Air Station

just outside San Francisco.

Tonight we celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary

complete with cream puffs...(it's a long story)

We love you Mom and Dad...:)

Oh happy day, indeed!

"Our wedding was many years ago.

The celebration continues to this day."

~Gene Perret

"Happy October..."

...my most favorite month of the year! :)

"There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir,

We must rise and follow her;

When from every hill of flame,

She calls and calls each vagabond by name.”
~William Bliss Carman