Scarecrow

 As part of the local Oktoberfest celebration, a florist's shop had a "make your own scarecrow" station.  Matthew was pretty excited about this, and luckily, we found it (it was a bit off the beaten path from the rest of the activities).  I was expecting table decoration sized scarecrows, but these were full size, taller than us scarecrows!

Matthew and James are hoping that yellow jackets are also afraid of scarecrows, but I told them not to get their hopes up.  :)  (Fortunately, we got rid of the yellow jacket nest in the front yard, so that's not quite so much of a concern any more!)