Out in the country, Oct. 23

Another great day in the country.
We are having such a great time hanging around in Connecticut. After a slow morning we got to meet the next door neighbors, Artie and Joan. Joans' brother used to live in this house and she always asks "What are you doing to Franks house now?" A few days ago she said to Luke, "I went to the cemetery and told Frank everything you been doing to his house." They were fun to meet and fun to hear about.
After we went into Falls Village for the Autumn Festival. They close the block or two of mainstreet and have a scarecrow contest. It was great to see some of the imagination of the contestants. Dans favorite was a post with a scarecrow hanging on sticking out sideways and it was titled "Gone With the Wind"
Ryans favorite was a scarecrow that was kind of a wood skeleton dressed in leather pants and vest, it had a cowskull head and the arms had these great peacock and pheasant feathers hanging from it.
My favorite was a spider made out of pvc piping that was so big you could walk under the bend in its legs and there was something in it that when you touched it's head it would vibrate. It was great!
There was a booksale, an antique store/general store and a band playing bluegrass music outside.
After that we took a scenic drive looking at different properties and scenic areas and drove to Millerton . It is a very cute little village that had some very interesting stores in it. A florist shop that had some great orchids and really different things for sale. A couple art stores, and antique stores. It was pretty walking up and down the street.
We stopped at a little lake that Luke and his family used to go swimming at called Lake Wononscopomuc. Honestly!!!! I took a picture of the sign to make sure I got that one right. But the pictures of the trees and the lake are beautiful. I hope I can upload them when I get home.
A quick stop at the grocery store and home to fix dinner. Friends of Ryan and Lukes' came over for dinner with their two children.
Carl is the dad and is a mason and did the stone work for the house. He is helping redo some of the foundation, and last winter put in an enormous rock fireplace to keep this place toasty.
Carls wife is Laura and she was so nice and very fun to visit with. And the kids were Lusanna, girl-9 years old and Kneeland , boy-7 years old. It was an entertaining evening and we talked till about 10:30.
Now we are wrapping things up and getting ready for bed.
We are having a great time and miss you all.