Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

41 years, a squirrel, buckeyes & an apple fritter

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia. How you doing? September is moving right along & so are we. 41 years... the day came & went doing our usual things. We're still here, still together & still making memories one day at a time. Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you how many fish we caught to put in the freezer this week.

We got up before the sun, stopped by Bojangles for a couple of their sausage egg biscuits then headed to the lake. The water temperature was just above 84 degrees. It felt like bath water as we reached down to test it. The water was calm & glassy just like Kevin likes it. We saw starting of leaf color, watched a squirrel cut acorns & saw a heron. It was a peaceful morning on the lake but not a good day for fishing. Maybe the water was too warm for the type of top water fishing that we do. There wasn't even any fish showing up on the fish finder. Kevin caught several fish, but they got off before he could get them in. He commented that the fish wasn't biting aggressively. I caught 1 fish a little on the small eating size & put it back, so no fish for the freezer this week's fishing trip.

Why do leaves change color? It's
one of next month's lesson plans.

Goldenrods, another sign that 
cooler weather is on its way.

We went on a good trail ride. There were 5 side by sides. We were all related in one way or another. We met up then hauled to the parking spot. The woods were beautiful. It came up a little shower of rain during mid ride. During one of the stops, everybody picked up buckeyes to put in their pockets for good luck. There were several rough places that made me queasy thinking about going over, so I got out. The drivers were delighted to have the challenges. We all ate at Wendy's afterwards. I tried the pretzel bacon pub cheeseburger. It was good but, oh boy, loaded with carbs for those of us needing to eat a keto-ish diet. Yikes! 

Orange flag marker

I assisted Daughter on a field trip to an apple orchard. The staff was so friendly & helpful. I was impressed & I think Daughter was to. It's probably the place we'll go back to next year, if going to an apple orchard comes up in the event plannings. I arrived a little early to find out where things were & to get apple sampling snacks ready. We were welcomed to a covered shady picnic area centrally located to all the things. All the staff went above & beyond to be sure we got to do & see all the things. We did an apple tasting test to see if we could really taste a sweetness difference in apples. First, we had a slice of Crimson Crisp then tried a slice of Granny Smith. Oh My Yes! There was a difference. The Granny Smith seemed really really sour. We picked 2 pecks of Rome Beauty to take home. We have a day planned next week to make an apple pie.

    

We picked Rome Beauty.

Look at me wearing my tie dye shirt
from last week's Meet up at the Park.

   

Cow milking

Hillcrest Orchard

We did all the things except the trikes & bubbles. We sampled the apple cider doughnuts along with the fried apple pies, apple fritters & the cider sippers. There was an extra apple fritter left over. Me & Kevin shared it a la mode after supper.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been? Go out & have a wonderful weekend.