Today was the day we finally visited an apple orchard, like I had talked about
here. I had been inspired by my friend's recent Payless commercial where they played around an apple orchard in cute fall boots! We, thankfully but just barely, caught the tail end of the pumpkin season. We started off the morning by devouring an apple streusel coffee crumb cake that I made this morning from
this recipe, and scrambled eggs for our gluten-free person. The coffee cake was so simple but incredibly delicious. Then, off to the orchard! The orchard I chose was
Wills Family Orchard in Adel because of its organic commitment. Once there, we walked the sorghum maze, found Cinderella's pumpkin, drank some hot cider, ate caramel apples, bought some homegrown apples at their store, met the resident chickens, walked the orchard, played some cornhole, then headed home to finish off the crumb cake and discuss literacy in America, depression in Seattle, and Brangelina. Make sure to mark on your calendar their
Apple Pumpkin Fest for 2012!
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| their serious pose |
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| scarecrow Jim was actually quite friendly |
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| this shoot is entitled "Beauty in a barren pumpkin land" |
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| happy pumpkin time! |
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| We found it! |
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| the orchard |
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| it's a fake apple to keep the pests at bay |
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| manly and rugged: the next Hugo Boss ad? |
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| cornhole |
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| cornhole |
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| see ya later! |
Wow, that silly photo of me did come out pretty well!
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I just want to state I did not partake in the Brangelina discussion. :)