Pumpkin Picking

Hurricane Irene ruined pumpkin picking this year, too. It took us forever to find three decent looking pumpkins, and as I write this a week later, I can officially say that the three "good" ones we picked last week are started to rot.We'll probably carve them this weekend instead of the night before Halloween so they're not a total waste.

We still had fun scoping out the good pumpkins and wound up walking the entire patch. The weather was beautiful and cooperative. It was chilly and breezy--the perfect fall day to go pick pumpkins. We were aiming to get an armful for $25, so poor William had to carry three large pumpkins only to find out that they'd cost us $18. We planned on going to the market too, but it seemed like everyone else had the idea of going pumpkin picking that day and it was just too crowded. Instead, we just got ourselves some more roasted corn and a baked potato. Afterwards, William took us out to dinner at Applebee's.

Apple Picking 2011

Back in September (yes, I'm aware I've neglected the blog since then), William and I went apple picking. Like everything else, Hurricane Irene ruined that, too. All of the rain towards the latter part of the summer affected the apples and Lewin's Farms didn't get as big of a yield as they normally get. They pre-picked the apples and set them in bins for us to "pick." No, it wasn't as fun as previous years, but we had to keep the tradition alive.

We drove out to Wading River one Saturday, which wound up being our first cool, breezy, fall day. The sky was looking funky, but luckily, it never rained. After picking and making our routine trip to the market where we ate roasted corn and a baked potato, we went out for a late lunch/early dinner at Chili's. It wound up being a very wonderful date.

The "smile" before this one was absolutely ridiculous, so I made him laugh and this is what I got.

And this was the attempt at a more "serious" picture after laughing in the previous one.

The following week I made an apple pie with the apples we picked and it lasted a mere three-four days.

The Unchanging Sea

For my silent film class I'm writing a paper about this early D.W. Griffith film. We watched this in class before viewing The Birth of a Nation, and although I've now turned this 13 minute short film into a 3 hour movie because I've watched it soooo many times, I really do love and appreciate it. It's stunning, and so interesting to think about what Griffith did for film.

Unfortunately, this version doesn't feature the soundtrack, but it still captures its beauty.