Fall is enhanced by my favorite fruit...the apple. So, the Grandmoore's came and picked up Madeline and I for a quick trip North of Manhattan to Masker's Farm.
We heard that the pickins' were slim. There were more apples on the ground than on the trees. I wasn't above picking them off the ground. They still looked scrumptious.
We did find trees deep in the orchard that still had apples. Madeline caught the spirit of it all. Twist and pull.
G-Pop and Madeline were a great team. If the branches were too high they were brought lower.
There was a little too much leaning on the shovel (as my dad would say) but apple inspection had to be done.
Apple inspection passed with flying colors.
G-Pop HAD to have this apple. It was perfect. The problem was...we had no ladder. (I can't properly explain how much angst and passion went in to getting this apple.)
Human ladder assembled. Mission accomplished. (This posting makes it look so simple. I have a lot of photos of these two climbing all over each other to get this apple. It was hilarious!)
We got two huge full bags of fresh apples. We ate apples for the next several weeks right out of the bag and still had plenty to share with friends. Vive le APPLE!
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What a fun fall activity! We picked some apples at the orchards in Capitol Reef last month. It made me feel so earthy. "Leaning on the shovel" LOL, that's totally Grandpa.
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