more photos from our visit to Abbott farms!

{see link to first post here}

A visit to Abbott Farms!

my friends Eileen and Kate, and I went apple picking last weekend!! it was the perfect first day of fall and we have tried to do something fun every weekend with our overwhelming weekly work, placement, and school schedules there’s nothing easy about it. so we have to do these things to break the stressful patterns. it was the perfect “upstate” outing and i can’t wait to do it again.

it was my first time and so much fun. we picked macintosh and gala apples and tasted some italian prunes (we had NO idea what they were but thought we’d check them out). they were basically plums and if a little more ripe, they’d be amazing.

abbott farms is a great little orchard with all kinda of fruits it seemed upon our discovery of the italian prunes and some other fruits that were getting ready for their harvest. there’s also a corn maze, hay rides, pumpkins, A BOUNCY HOUSE, and all other kids of things. a great family thing for the weekend and the smaller size of the orchard really

unfortunately abbott was out of their apple cider donuts {i would’ve killed for them} but we settled for some amazing ice cream (i had apple pie flavor- must try) at their little family-run store. there were so many goodies and many were home made. too perfect.

Eileen modeling the world’s most perfect apple of the day. Leaf perfectly in tact and all.

THERE WERE GOATS!!!!!! i was more than excited.. unfortunately didn’t feed them 😦 next time johnny boy, next time.

they were literally the most delicious apples i’ve ever had. apples were never my favorite fruit but since apple picking i’ve been eating multiple a day and with peanut butter. it’s the greatest go-to snack for my long days. they were also so beautiful up in the trees.. the most “prime” were of course 7 feet away and with the appropriate “twist and tug” method.. i struggled with these high ones but boy, they were so worth it.

{i’ll share some more photos in another post– really love some of them. they really symbolize the beginning of Fall!}

SU “Strawberry” Fest

yesterday, syracuse had their “strawberry” fest. in quotes because above were the last carton of strawberries that my friend, Kate was able to get and they were only at one stand! regardless, it was a cute, sweet, and really nice to just get out and do something like this. especially with the first day of sun in what feels like months. (i feel like i’m living in Seattle, people!)

we stood by this dessert table the longest…for what i think are for some obvious reasons (heh). they had all kinds of desserts you could think of to try (carrot cake, lemon bars, red velvet, chocolate cake, strawberry shortcake, and the list goes on…) and they were amazing. don’t worry plenty of people were enjoying them and we kept being told to “have more, take another” (whyyyy would i have protested?!)

little plants with handmade little pots!

and my favorite thing about markets, festivals, carnivals, and the like–fresh squeezed lemonade! i got a freshly squeezed “lemon blizzard” which was lemon, lime, and raspberry! it was perfect. and exactly what i needed to feel something for summer!

hope to do more things like this, this summer around syracuse and share with you, all! hope you’re having a great weekend!

xo|AN(&)A