Saturday, September 15, 2012

APPLE ORCHARD WITH MY SISTERS

My sisters and I went on a little outing on Friday, a little orchard about 20mts. away. We usually come with the kids but this year it was SOOOO nice to just be us adults. Rode in my sister's SUV for the first time with the sunroof open,  and just laughing and talking. We should do this more often. This is a cute little family run business and you can always count on the little grandchildren running around and granma and papa helping out when it's busy. We have never been there on a weekday, usually it's a Sat/Sun thing when kids are home so I was quite surprised at how busy they were. I had a hard time taking photos because I'm sure these strangers didn't want to be in them, lol. Just did the best I could and am happy to have them and remember this day with my sisters. There was only one dissappointment about our visit, I will share that part later on. The weather was perfect for us then rained the rest of the day and cleared up and got sunny in time for Friday night football, love that!

My sister is taking a picture in front of me, I love walking into this big building
usually someone is working here but not today
So HAPPY they have my favorite kind, so yummy when freshly picked
My sister Heather got a lemon/dill sauce that they say is great with fish
I love all the cabinets/hutches they have here and filled with goodies to try
this is why we really come, fresh baked cider donuts and other yummy food. They even have a new grape mini pie, Heather bought one for her girls and will let me know what they thought of it. I also tried a oatmeal, apple, carmel cookie that was SOOOO good. This is where the disappointment came.
Remember I've been talking about getting some cider well here it was made fresh and went so well with the donuts. This year they have a new HOT Carmel Cider with foam and cinnamon drink, WHAT NO REGULAR CIDER??? I wasn't too happy about this but got one to try and only sipped a little bit and burnt my tongue on it, threw it out and bought my own cider at the store today, haha. They also have Cider Slushies which are pretty good and the kids like them. Oh well, some things change I guess and I know my sisters didn't like theirs and I heard other's talking about just wanting plain cider also. See the little apple postcard in the photo, hoping that will fit into a PL pocket.






I love that you can sit here and just enjoy the yummy smells and feel the fall in the air. Thanks for a nice trip girls, will have to do this again and wait till the leaves have changed colors.

12 comments:

  1. Oh my this looks like a beautiful place.. I'd love to hv gone there with u.. how fun! I love apple cider in the fall! We get apple cider for our Keurig and we love it!

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  2. Cool dawn, never seen anybody working press.. yes next time in fall colors, take mom too.. I love hutches too, heather and her dips/sauces... nice bunch of pictures... had fun too lol

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  3. LOVE this outing!. Sorry about your cider, maybe after all the feedback from not-so-happy customers they would make regular ones for next year :). Love apples, was looking if there were some caramel apples too. Yum!. TFS with us today! Hugs.

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  4. Nice pictures - such a pretty place - love the cabinets and stuff - glad you had fun anyhow - I will get out there one of these days - but loved the apples Annie brought back - fried one of them for dinner that night - lol - keep snapping that shutter girl - love you!!

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  5. What a lovely outing with your sisters! My parents-in-law had an orange orchard for years, so the machinery photos really made me smile and brought back some lovely memories :) Shame about the cider!

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  6. What a lovely day you must have had and its nice sometimes to just hang out as adults and not worry about the kids. I have added this little orchard to my "to do List" so when I get to come and visit we can go hang out together and hopefully they will have plain cider LOL.
    Thanks for your email too, very much appreciated. Hoping to chat back tonight or tomorrow.
    love me :-)

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  7. Forgot to add... just ordered my PL stuff for next year. I only ordered the binder in seafoam and page protectors and 3 x 4 grid journallin cards. Still trying to decide on the rest.
    I have even been finishing off some weeks from last year, better late than never
    love me :-)

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  8. wow that little market looks amazing. the fresh picked apples so yummy.

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  9. Thank you ladies for the nice comments, glad you enjoyed the photos. It really is a cool place to visit.

    Tracey, I didn't even know you could order that stuff yet, thought it all came in November. Will have to check it out. Thanks for telling me!

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  10. Great photos Dawn! Looks like you and your sisters had a great time. Your photos tell the story very well.

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  11. Wow!you must be so lucky to have sisters Dawn. I've always wished for one. It looks like you've had a lovely trip. Love the picture of the tractor you've taken. My son loves them. Maybe this year we too will go to an apple orchard.Last year we'd so much fun plucking apples and eating them there.
    Susan

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  12. What an awesome outing!! I am ready for apple picking now :)) The cider looks good, but sorry it burned your tongue :/

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