I usually reserve posts focused on our everyday life as a family for
Instagram, and use this space to offer you guys more useful content (ya know, recipes,
home improvement tips, etc.). But we had so much fun picking apples last week
that I wanted to share here too. I mean let's face it, fall and Halloween and
all the goodness that comes with this season are going to be different and
scaled back this year, so maybe sharing these moments of 'normalcy' will bring
a hint of joy to our cold, weary, pandemic-depressed souls. (Never claimed not
to be dramatic.)
We usually opt for an orchard that is about 20 minutes away, but that one is
only open on the weekends which makes for a very crowded experience, and
crowds during Covid aren't our jam. So we ended up driving quite a bit further
this year, and went on a Tuesday after school. We ended up practically having
the place to ourselves which was perfect. It was a little early in the season
for apples, but we discovered a variety that is close to Honeycrisp (our
favorite), and mostly picked those. We also picked up some cider doughnuts,
caramel apples, and kettle corn in the orchard's shop, which was a terrible
idea for me (sorry, sugar fast) but made the kids oh so happy.
Coincidentally, today is the last official day of summer, which bums me right
out, but looking at these photos inspires me to really try to make fall the
best it can possibly be this year.
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This is one of my fav fall pasttimes!!!
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