A new tradition

I've enjoyed hearing about friends going up to the local apple orchards and
picking apples for the past few years.

This year my husband and I chatted about starting that tradition this harvest season.

We had a spontaneous opportunity this week and off we went.

The apple picking season starts in late september..

you can see many apples fallen to the ground -- maybe they were more than ready to be picked

The apples are delicious.

The gentleman who greeted us suggested we could eat them right off the tree as we picked.

they were organic and we'd just need to polish them off before taking a bite.

Johnagold, fuji, red delicious..the list went on...we spent our time in the rows of empire apples.

there were 50 trees in each row...

we took a leisurely 30 minute apple picking walk down one row, and then turned down another row and kep picking to fill up our bag.

It was cold and windy - so nice to have chilly weather in November

The boys really enjoy their dad & that tickles my heart

I juiced some apples a few days later, the juice was just as yummy!