Hobbits! Right over there!

We were out tromping up in Sky Meadows near Ashby's Gap over the weekend (and what a fine cold crisp day it was). It got a little windy out there so we broke out Drey's wool capes from the Ren Faire. I got to thinking how hobbit-like the kids looked with those hoods on. Cute!











Sure, it was silly, but we were WARM..

Garrett as Grim Reaper (and he brought up the idea):



One natural element IN ABUNDANCE was cow poop. I think somebody grazes the cows on the parkland to keep the grass cropped. So cowflop became like a natural minefield. The kids were energized about this example of fitting a square peg in a round hole:



The scenery was gorgeous, a little bit past peak.. but we loved it anyway.