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Saturday, October 06, 2007

Edmonton Pumpkin Festival

Linda, Stacey and I went to town for breakfast and then returned to the farm. We took the Mule to the mum patch and dug mums. We had the trailer about half full when Regina joined us and helped with potting the mums I dug. We filled the trailer, then pulled it to Regina's front yard and set the mums on the hay wagon, then watered each mum. We decided to clean up and go to Edmonton to see what was going on at their Pumpkin Festival. I took a shower while Linda sold mums to her friend, Stephanie. Stacey and I picked up Linda and Regina and I drove to Edmonton. We found a close parking spot, then walked to the Courthouse Square and began checking out the booths and displays people had setup.
   
We strolled around the square amid the booths and hundreds of people. That was the most people I've seen at the Pumpkin Festival. Regina and Linda had me take some pictures of things they want to make once we are done with the mums. We saw one booth selling large mums for $15 each. We couldn't believe it, we're selling ours for $3 each. Granted, ours were not as big as the ones they were selling, but there wasn't many people buying those $15 mums either. We ordered a plate of potato spirals with cheese and bacon bits. I let Stacey wait on those while I went and bought 4 cups of fresh squeezed lemonade. I carried those back and once the potatoes were ready, we set down and enjoyed our drinks and snack. We took a country road along a creek on the way home that didn't have hardly any traffic. It was a nice ride on a curvy secluded stretch of highway. Back at the farm, we dug a few more mums and took Daisy for a run. Then we dug enough mums to fill the wagon right before sunset.

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