Wonderful Fall Day

Saturday was the day for our repeat visit to Homestead Farms in Maryland. When we went last year to pick apples, we loved the place for both the charm of the small farm and for the delicious apples that we brought home.



Because brunch was in his job description, Orlando was not in the original plans for the trip to the farm, but an impending job change meant that he was able to come, too. The farm is about an hour away, and we piled into the car early in the morning, hoping to avoid the crowds that we were sure would come by the early afternoon.

When we got there, we were reassured that there were still some apples on the trees. Our first stop, though, was to the goats, pigs and sheep in the pens near the house. We'd brought a bag of oats for the animals, and Anastasia was very excited to pet the little goats and we all smiled at the little piglets.



Then it was time to hit the trees. Our favorite apples from last year, the Cameo, were the still on the trees, though we had to walk a good way down the aisle to find the trees that were still full. The farm's new puppy, Logan, joined us for a good deal of our walk. He likes sticks just as much as Murphy does.



When we hit the apple trees, our buckets and our bellies got filled pretty quickly. Anastasia especially loved the apples, helping herself to at least 5 during the day.



With two bushels of apples, we headed back up to the market to pick out a pumpkin or two before heading back home to make a pie for dessert.