It is the season of apple picking. We prefer to go on Friday nights to avoid the crowds. This year we tried out Amodt's Apple Farm . We picked the kids up from school and headed right over.  I'd photographed the cidery and winery here a few years back. Apple picking is too easy. It takes literally 5 minutes.  Before you knew it, we were already more than done. We promised the kids caramel apples but they didn't have any. They picked out some other treats instead.  They also had Thor's Hard Cider on site but we were waiting on beer later. Theo got a turnover and I got a fritter (which was a bit stale tbh).

Dec 9 - We got a Nutcracker We took an unplanned trip up to the cottage. But really how can you say no. On the way Meadow and I picked out a Nutcracker. She insisted we get a girl one this year. It's a ballerina of course that has a music box. You can see it up there on the fireplace. If you squint that is. Brooke asked why I didn't bring my fishing gear? I figured that the lake was at least a bit frozen. Turns out it was already 4-5 inches thick already. We picked up some groceries in town along with a rotisserie chicken. I could never figure out where the chickens were. It was on the one wall I never looked at. Hello Mr Snowman. When we got back we dinner. We had the rotisserie chicken with roasted Brussels sprouts from our garden and potatoes with an aioli. I also created my own snowman on the fridge at the cottage. I had been wanting to do this for years, but my parents are the only ones with a white fridge. I finally remembered to bri...