Are you tired of pretty yet? I hope not because my favorite piece is coming up. This is the Dallas Star and it was amazing…

Notice those pumpkins lining the walk. There were hundreds of them in this part of the Arboretum. They led to the pumpkin patch the likes of which I have not seen before. More on that later. Now, back to the Dallas Star, much closer… It's icy looking!

We walked on a little ways and came upon the most exciting display of pumpkins that I have ever seen!

As you might imagine, this area was full of children who were (sometimes) happily posing for their parents. I was sorry that Elanor and Jack weren't with us. I suppose I might have been able to get Linda to pose among the pumpkins but neither of us thought that. 

You can walk through the houses. Pumpkins are visible from the inside as well. I don't know if they re-use the framework but I would suspect that they do. 

It was so much fun watching parents take pictures of their kids that I couldn't help be take a few myself. Don't you love the pink outfits with the orange pumpkins!

I really wanted to stand in front of these little girls' mother to take their picture, but that would have been presumptuous of me. They were so cute in their costumes and honestly, the view from the side is not bad at all. 

Linda spotted this family. Look close, down in the pumpkins… I'll bet that turned out to be a good picture.

And, last but not least, is this figure reclining on the grass back in a quiet area of the park. At first glance, I thought she was a sculpture. She must have been napping, or maybe reading, because she was motionless. Her footwear looks like work boots so maybe she was resting on her break. I think that is a knitted hat on her head… at any rate, I reminded of shapes Henry Moore might have sculpted.

The more photos I take of random people, the more I appreciate how different we all are. And how wonderful!