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.