95% of everything is done in preparation for my leaving the farm on Friday, heading south, to see the USA in my Chevrolet. First stop is a brewery, the second night begins a long layover at one of my sisters in Connecticut.

Tonight feels like the night before Christmas, the eve of the first day of school, the night before the wedding. So many emotions. I can’t sleep. I am trying to absorb as much of the mountains as I can to take with me.

My sister I live with lives for October and the Spookie Barn and lawn and thin woods she hosts every weekend in October. I think I dislike it almost as much as she loves it. I did help with a bit of the set-up, and took these pictures in daylight when it’s more creepy than scary, which is only marginally better. I don't enjoy being frightened, especially setting yourself up to be so.

In addition to haunted shots are our current parking space and my favorite horse.