With fall quickly approaching I thought it would be fun to hit up the local apple orchard for some fresh raspberries and apples. I have been wanting to make some yummy raspberry desserts and jams all summer - but things just don't seem to be going our way this year.
Josilyn and I attempted to go in early August for the first batch of raspberries only to be two days too slow - everything was picked over. Ugh. I guess we weren't the only ones with thoughts of chocolate and raspberry angel food cake ;o)
Well yesterday we tried again, this time we invited Christine and Liam to join us. Because of the warm summer the apples were ready to go too; what could go wrong?! I'll tell you. BUGS. They were absolutely awful. We tried to get to the raspberries, but we seemed to be spending more time swatting away at the swarms than actually picking anything. Not to fear, Josilyn still managed to get a few samples in the process.
We decided to try our luck with the apples only to come to the same conclusion ... Bugs Suck! So what were two moms without bug spray to do? We bought a bag of pre-picked apples and headed back inside for a fun, bug-free playdate!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment