Daff had closed down the shop for the day, bringing her employees with her to help with the annual festival on the family friends' farm. Putting Betty and Laurel together was a bit of much, but even being wildly outnumbered by their far more practical children and their kind souls, the event seemed to always take on a life of its own. Daff and Zin had been put in charge of the barn decorations and so Daffy had spent most of last night (with help of course!) putting up all of the fall foliage and flowers she possibly could in every nook and cranny of the barn itself. Between that and the floating fairy lights, it always took her breath away.

Today was going by splendidly, she was happy to hum along and help wherever needed, having done this so many times now she could nearly do it in her sleep. Having the Plunkett boys to do the heavy lifting also made things easier. She and Daisy the border collie were making their rounds of the booths, checking in to see if anybody needed anything. All seemed to be going well; which was a relief, Daff like some recent event should go right. She turned down the path as she readjusted the little crown of alyssum in her hair, thinking she should go check on the Wildflowers booth where they were indeed crafting flower crowns for the children today. Her sage green dress swayed as she walked and she leaned down to pet Daisy as they trotted along. Winston had come with her, but he was snoozing in the house, as usual.

It was getting late, the dance would be happening soon and she wondered if perhaps she should check in with the mothers to see if there were any last minute responsibilities to tend to. The change in thought led to a change in direction and she walked right into where the apples were bobbing midair. Something went wonky with the charm and instead of hovering where they should, they started to follow her, bumping into her with increasing ferocity. "Ouch!" She squeaked as one plunked into the back of head roughly. Daff managed to duck the next one that came for her, but the few that were out to get her seemed bent on making contact!