Apple Picking Season

One of my favorite fall pursuits is walking through an apple orchard on a grey day when the golden dry grass underfoot is wet with the early morning's gentle rain, inhaling this sweet hay scent mixed with the slightly fermented, sharp cider smell of fallen apples. This lovely photo by Jude McConkey captures it so perfectly!

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Unofficially Fall

It's finally starting to feel like fall around here, and the chill in the air has me practically skipping around! I love crisp, colorful autumn days and cold nights and I can't wait to start baking everything and anything featuring pumpkin and apples.

Here's a photo I took of a festive pumpkin patch in an apple orchard to help celebrate the arrival of a new season. Cheers!