Today, I took a NJ Transit bus to Warwick, NY (I don't know why a NJ bus goes to NY). I got off the bus and walked about a mile to Maskers Orchard, a really beautiful pick-your-own apple orchard. You pay $25 per bag and can visit the country store that sells preserves, jams, doughnuts, pies, and all sorts of other apple-related baked goods. I got some cider doughnuts and hot cider. It was really delicious, and everything was sold at wholesale prices.
It's pretty amazing to see where your food comes from. It inspires me to garden. To look at a plant and think "I am going to eat that. That is going to be inside me and help me grow. That beautiful, fresh thing that dirt, soil, and sunshine allowed to grow will have a similar effect on me."
I don't eat many apples. I like them every once in a while. They're usually too filling for me. But now that I have oh, 30 apples, I think I will experiment and make some apple cider and maybe some kind of baked good.
I was mourning the end of summer, but now I'm welcoming fall. Tea, books, flannel things. It's cozy.
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