I ventured to County Line Orchard with my mom, Madeline, Katharine, and Jack this afternoon and being outnumbered by people under three feet tall is exhausting! Plus, picking apples when it’s 80 degrees and sunny isn’t exactly the ideal way to ring in the fall equinox.

I suggested that we set a limit on the number of apples everyone picks, but that number never materialized. By the time we had made it to the “weigh and pay” every variety of apple had been tasted and picked and we went home with 12 lbs. of apples. Looks like we’ll all get our fiber this week!

Along with 12 lbs. of apples, we also went home with pumpkins, kettle corn, pumpkin spice and apple cider donuts, apple butter, cookies, candy, and NO photos of me picking apples! Which is very disappointing considering my apple orchard enthusiasm, and especially since Jack told me that I “don’t look fat today.” What a compliment!

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