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Apple Picking, Autumn 2015

Posted by Carolyn on September 15, 2015 Leave a Comment

One of our play group’s annual traditions is to go apple picking in September.  We go to my favorite orchards and spend the morning picking apples, playing with the farm stuff, tasting cider, feeding the goats, and welcoming Autumn.

Untitled1As is evidenced by this gif, this year was fun. Thanks Hannah (from The Lighthearted Life of HMV) for being so lighthearted and fun!

andthenthey apple pickingwalkersThis year was also warmer than it should have been if you ask me. Last year was sort of drizzly and that was much more Autumnal.  I love this event because it assures us that Autumn is, in fact, coming.  Even when it’s 80 degrees and the day before was over 90, the apples on the trees are a promise of cooler weather, and darker skies.  And nothing beats biting into a crisp, juicy apple picked directly off a tree in a century old orchard.  I can pretend that there’s a crisp breeze blowing down the rows of trees, if only for a moment.

andthenthey apple picking runningMy camera was doing strange things, and it turns out that the only photos that were in focus (or mostly in focus, anyway) were of Alma, Harriet, Rory, and Poppy.  I swear that there were lots of other people there!  In fact, I think it was one of the best turn outs we’ve had at a playgroup lately – nine out of the ten families!  As I’ve said many times before, I love our little tribe of families in this group, and all our traditions.  Next month is our 4th Annual Pumpkin Patch trip, a perennial favorite!

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Forgive me, children, Autumn is coming.  I can make no excuses for my silly ideas.  You will just have to get used to it.

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Christmas Tree Hunting

Posted by andthenthey on December 8, 2013 Leave a Comment

It is becoming a tradition to go cut down our own Christmas tree.  I like this for a few reasons.  First, it’s fun to get out in the middle of a muddy field, look for the perfect tree, and find it.  Second, I love that Jesse can show off his man-skills by cutting down the tree.  Third, we like trees that are little more sparse so there’s room to hang the ornaments, and it’s often hard to find these at Christmas tree lots.

Last year we with with my dad and step-mom and had quite an adventure (including our trailer un-hitching from the tractor and the tractor driver not noticing).  This year we went with my mom and step-dad and had a less eventful, but just-as-fun time.

This year we went to the bargain field (which is actually the same field we found our full-price tree in last year, just way more picked over this year (obviously)) and found my favorite tree we’ve ever had.IMG_8008a

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If God said, ‘Rumi pay homage to everything that has helped you enter my arms,’ there would not be one experience of my life, not one thought, not one feeling, nor any act, I would not bow to. -Rumi

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