Travelingjenny

Fall has officially begun, at least for our family. This is marked each year by our first visit to the local apple orchard. This will now be a weekly ritual for us until all of the apples have been picked off the trees. The weather yesterday was glorious – perfect, in fact. As a result, the orchard was packed and we opted to not pick our own apples this week. We did, however, indulge in some freshly-made donuts and cider (there really is nothing better!) and bought a half peck of ‘honey crisp’ apples. Tess also took her first bites out of a whole apple, which she proudly carried around and shared with her big sister. Before heading home, we all went on a horse-drawn carriage ride. This was another first for Tess, who loved to watch the horses, and periodically exclaimed, "neigh!". Yesterday also happened to be our second anniversary of moving into our house, so it was very fitting that we were out enjoying Maine at its finest. Combined with late afternoon visits to Gritty’s (brewpub) and Toots (ice cream), it really was the perfect fall day.