OCTOBER EQUALS. . . .

TO START WITH, OCTOBER WITHOUT CANDY CORN IS LIKE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT COOKIES.

THE SHOP IS ALL DRESSED UP FOR OUR PINK OCTOBER.

ON A WHIM'S PAIR OF BIG PINK PUMPKINS FLANK THE DOORS TO GREET YOU AS YOU ARRIVE.

OUR WAGON DISPLAYS SAMPLES OF OUR PAINTED PINK PUMPKINS WE SELL FOR TEN DOLLARS EACH TO RAISE MONEY FOR BREAST CANCER. 100% OF THE MONEY RAISED FROM THE SALE OF THE PUMPKINS IS DONATED TO THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION. THE PUMPKINS ARE ALWAYS DONATED TO ON A WHIM BY MR. HEIDER OF HEIDER'S MARKET. EVERY OCTOBER I DRIVE MY TRUCK ACROSS THE STREET AND WITHOUT QUESTION MR. HEIDER LOADS IT WITH AS MANY PUMPKINS AS WE NEED. I TAKE THIS JOURNEY MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND MR. HEIDER, WITH HIS GENEROUS HEART AND SOUL, KEEPS GIVING. WE AT ON A WHIM THANK HIM MORE THAN WORDS COULD EVER SAY. HE IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO KNOW. SO PLEASE IF YOU CAN, STOP BY MR. HEIDER'S MARKET AND TELL HIM THANK YOU, FOR HELPING US MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE LOVE YOU MR. HEIDER.....

THIS IS THE TABLE WHERE MR.HEIDER'S PUMPKINS ARE TRANSFORMED INTO LIFE SAVING DOLLARS.

FLOWERS? WHO NEEDS FLOWERS WHEN WE HAVE PINK AND BLACK PUMPKINS?

YES, WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL FALL DECOR OUTSIDE, THANKS TO NANCY AND TERRI. THE BENCHES YOU SEE WERE MADE BY TERRI.

CHECK IT OUT. MR. HEIDER'S MARKET NOW SERVES PULLED PORK AND HERE'S THE COOKER TO PROVE IT. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS JUST RIGHT, THE MOUTH WATERING SMELL OF THAT COOKER MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE ROAD RIGHT INTO THE SHOP. YUMMY!

MEET MR. HEIDER'S BEAUTIFUL WIFE, MRS. HEIDER. SHE, LIKE HER HUSBAND, IS ONE OF LOUDOUN COUNTY'S FINEST AND A REAL GIFT TO ALL WHO KNOW HER. AS YOU CAN SEE SHE IS FISHING OUT AN EAR OF CORN FOR A HUNGRY CUSTOMER AND AS ALWAYS WITH A SMILE.

AN ARTIST AT WORK, MAKING ONE OF THOSE YUMMY PULLED PORK SANDWICHES. OH, AND THEY HAVE RIBS ALSO.

ANOTHER SIGN OF FALL AND HALLOWEEN, COMPLIMENTS OF HEIDER'S.






THIS IS THE VIEW I SEE EACH YEAR FROM ACROSS THE STREET. I LOOK OUT THE DOOR OF MY SHOP AND SEE THE MUMS IN ALL THEIR BEAUTY LINING THE ROAD, PUMPKINS PILED SKY HIGH, HAY BAILS STACKED AND CORN STALKS LEANING AGAINST THE FENCE. THE TRACTOR IS WORKING OVERTIME MOVING IN MORE HUGE CRATES OF PUMPKINS AND THE TABLES ARE FILLED WITH EVERY TYPE OF GOURDS AND FALL APPLES YOU COULD WANT. OH HOW THE SUMMER FLEW BY, BUT I AM SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH YET ANOTHER FALL.

TRICK OR TREAT.



ANOTHER DELIGHTFUL SIGN OF FALL IS WHEN ALL OF US AT "ON A WHIM" JOIN FORCES TOGETHER TO CLEAN, REPAINT AND SPRUCE UP THE SHOP INSIDE AND OUT. WE HAD A GREAT DAY WORKING AND LAUGHING ALL DAY LONG. WE SHARED LUNCH TOGETHER AND MADE SOME GREAT MEMORIES. I THANK EACH OF YOU FOR ALL YOU DID AND ALL YOU DO. YOU ARE ALL THE BEST OF THE BEST AND "ON A WHIM" IS LUCKY TO HAVE EACH OF YOU AS A PART OF OUR TEAM.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST "HAPPY HALLOWEEN," AND DON'T FORGET TO STOP BY FOR ONE OF THE PINK PUMPKINS. THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WILL REVOLVE AROUND PINK IN HONOR OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS....