Apple Picking #1

Actually, this ended up being our THIRD trip to the Apple Farm--we had gone, previously, in search of their fantastic tomatoes, which we found, canned, and stored in our canning section of the cellar. The Apple Farm is just awesome, and we love going whenever we can; a gorgeous farm with some gorgeous views (in one direction, it is a papermill....haha) and some good memories. A lot of folks near and dear to our hearts have gone there with us: Nannie, Papa, Tim and Eleni, MeeMee and Grampy, and Dave and Muriel--who joined us last Sunday!

It was MOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBED at this place, since it was a beautiful day and the Patriots werent on until 8 that night. Last year, with Tim and Eleni, Callum and Maira were ECSTATIC about the horses that gave wagon rides. This year, Maira was still very very excited to see horsies...but Callum, as seems to be the case with him lately, was a bit scared of "Mister Zee."

We have so many fresh apples now, and we are great with that. We picked some Macs and Cortlands, and we bought some already-picked Macoun apples--I think those are the crowd favorite with the Fish-Houston/Goldsmith clans: A crisp, intriguing flavor that is not too sweet and not too tart

We will be going back several more times in the weeks to come to begin to buy a steady stream of "economy grade' utility apples so we can begin making and canning our famous applesauce. YES!!!!

Oh, and today, as one of Maira's milestones, we realized she can count to five (to eight actually, but her pronunciation up to five is great!). Callum has been undergoing a train renaissance, and he has set up a fantastic ThomasTrack in the living room, and we play trains WHILE watching Thomas stories...and ultimately we make our own stories. I got to be Toby tonight #goodday