That Time of Year

Ummmm...Papa, that doesn't look like apple cider in your glass.

Hope your weekend was wonderful too.

~Joan

Entertaining the Grandsons on a brisk fall day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you had a wonderful weekend too.

~ Joan

 

 

 

Meet SI the Cow...

 

She really likes apples.

Reaching under the fence and snatching the fallen treats works...

 

 

...but busting through is even better.

 

 

Score.

 

 



Apple Craziness, Continued

 



 SI the cow had better things to do.

 

 

Hand Pies

 

 

MORE Apple Butter...a Shenandoah Valley tradition and family favorite

 A variation of Apple Walnut Raisin bread a la Nancy is ready for the oven.

 

 

 

 

And...when baby Wells is ready,

so are his first little jars of pure applesauce.

 

 There's still more to be harvested.

A press has been ordered, and in due time I hope to be doing this.

Hope you all are enjoying your days,

with or without apples.

 

Apple Craziness

 

 



Weekends Were Made For...

Pokeberry and bird feather painting,

 

 

Carrot digging and canning,

 

 

 

brotherly secrets and creature hunting,

 

 

apple picking,

 

 

and pick-up truck riding..

 

 

...which all lead

to the start of a little tree house building,

 

 

with a view.

 

 

I sure do hope you had as good a weekend as I did.

~Joan

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Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree...

...with anyone else but me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Sunday!

 



For you. Courtesy of my Bee Garden



~ Joan

 

Drying

A baby blanket for a special friend,

Apples from the backyard tree,

a gift left for me by a creepy crawly,

Beans on the vine for warming soups,

...and flowers to brighten the day when Mother Nature gives way to Old Man Winter.

Hope your week is going well

Much Love,

~ Joan

 

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