Going back to last Monday (October 28.) Our ladies group at church had a Halloween Costume party in the evening. There were prizes for most creative, funniest, and prettiest. I decided to pull out some things I never get to wear and try for the prettiest. A maxi dress from my "program" days at Manheim Christian Day School, sandals from Jeremy's wedding, a fishnet shawl from somewhere ??, jewelry that granddaughter Tasha gave me, and the fascinator that I wore to watch William and Kate's royal wedding with my sisters. I was going to wear a nice bracelet, but the shawl kept catching in it.
Here's my fancy costume that won a prize for prettiest.
We had a lot of fun at the party. We played a game in which we had to tell about items we have in our house that we should, but never do, get rid of, as well as something in our house that we would never part with. It was a great way to get to know one another better.
We had choir practice on Wednesday last week instead of Thursday. There was an incredible sunset while we were there!
I noticed that it looked beautiful coming through a window in the sanctuary, so I took a picture of it. Looks like a painting on the wall!
On Thursday we had Trunk or Treat at church. I stayed here at home for the first hour to give candy to the children that came by, then went up to the church to take pictures. Lori and Anthony were there with the boys.
We served hot dogs and cider inside.
On Saturday Anthony went to a guitar show in Philadelphia. We went with Lori and the boys to Kinzua Bridge State Park, about 2.5 hours north of us. The past few years we have seen pictures of the gorgeous autumn leaves there and wanted to go "sometime." But it just never happened. Unfortunately, the leaves were way past their colors, but it was a brisk, sunny day.
A bit of history. The bridge was built in the late 1800's as a railway to transport coal. At some point it was made into a state park. In 2003 a tornado came through and destroyed part of the bridge. They have since built an observation deck and a trail on the ground.
I took this video on our way there.
We took SO many pictures!! Here are just some of them.
Walking out to the observation deck.
Austin cracked us up. He loved his Halloween costume so much he wore it again on Saturday. I love his lack of caring what others think, haha!!
The wreckage below.
When they decided to go on the trail under the bridge, I decided to wait at the lodge instead.
Here are pictures Dick and Lori took.
Austin decided he wanted to hike the whole way up the hill to the other part of the bridge. And he did. There he goes - I circled him in red.
No one got a picture of him, but that's where he went.
It was the last day before the time change, and we were back home before dark. It was a really good day! And we were glad we went, because they will be closing the park for three years for repairs to the bridge/observation deck.
On Sunday morning I got a picture of this beautiful tree next to the church.
Monday started out with a gorgeous sunrise and ended with a beautiful sunset.
And between the two I took this picture of a rose that's still blooming in November.
I've been practicing my music for the Essence 2 choir. Here's a beautiful song we're doing that is stuck in my head after practicing with this choir on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/UqmgGKiYLhQ?si=smSBIli_a-j_55VC
2 comments:
Hi Jean! Looks like you have had a nice October. The Halloween party you had with your women's group at church looks like a lot of fun, and you look lovely all dressed up! Our church does trunk or treat too, and the kids love it. That is a very beautiful sunset. I hope you are having a good week. See you again soon!
That is a beautiful song! Thanks for sharing it with us. Great photos and that observation deck is huge. Looking at the contrast between the people below and all the wreckage is actually a bit scary. Glad they are going to make repairs and clean it up!! Wishing you blessings of the day!! xo
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