A Thanksgiving Prayer...

From Johnny Cash. :) Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.



We've come to the time in the season
When family and friends gather near
To offer a prayer of Thanksgiving
For blessings we've known through the year
To join hands and thank the creator
And now when Thanksgiving is due
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you

I'm grateful for the laughter of children
The sun and the wind and the rain
The color of blue in your sweet eyes
The sight of a high ball and train
The moon rise over a prairie
Old love that you've made new
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you

And when the time comes to be going
It won't be in sorrow and tear
I'll kiss you goodbye and I'll go on my way
Grateful for all of the years
I thank for all that you gave me
For teaching me what love can do
Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life
I'm thanking the Lord He made you

Autumn at home.

To the Pumpkin Patch we go!

Every year, a visit to Myers Pumpkin Patch (with hayride, of course!) is a local tradition! Visitors enjoy seeing the cows, the corn, the pumpkins, and the beautiful fall foliage in the nearby mountains.

Myers Pumpkin Patch offers fun for the entire family with its corn maze, and for braver visitors (myself not included) its Trail of Terror Haunted Maze. In addition to these activities, there are pumpkins, Indian corn, gourds, mums, hay bales, fodder, and many fall crafts that are made on-site. The Shed also offers local honey from the Midway area as well as local jams and jellies. Folks can also roast a hot dog (which comes with all the trimmings: chili, mustard, onion, you name it!) or make a s'more. Vera Ann Myers, owner and operator of the Pumpkin Patch, offers Tennessee products at her farm, which benefit our great state.

Vera Ann Myers was my sixth grade homeroom teacher, and she now uses education at her farm by hosting school groups throughout the month of October. Students learn about honey production, pumpkins, corn, and other farm-related topics. This promotes an interest in agriculture, which is, unfortunately, a dying profession.

By heading out to Myers Pumpkin Patch, you are "supporting a local farmer." Myers Pumpkin Patch closes tonight after the last hay wagon leaves at midnight, but is open every year from September 12-November 1st. It is located at 3415 Gap Creek Road in Bulls Gap, TN off exit 23 on 81. Enjoy this brief video of a hayride at the Pumpkin Patch!

Visit www.myerspumpkinpatch.com for more information!