As we all know, it’s truly becoming fall in New England and as all of you that read my introduction post know, I LOVE fall. I love the slightly cooler but not yet freeze your bones weather which finally enables me pull out my sweater collection from the bottom of my drawer and I love fall treats i.e. pumpkin muffins, bread, bagels, and pancakes, apple crisp, and apple cider. I’m getting hungry just thinking about these things.
As everyone knows, no fall season would be complete without at least one apple picking trip. This yearly staple was finally achieved a few weekends ago when my roommate Danielle, her boyfriend Haydn, and I ventured to Randall Orchards in Standish in search of fresh apples. I’ve heard that some orchards have been open for apple picking since mid-August which might explain why a lot of the trees’ lower branches were empty but we did manage to fill out baskets were some delicious looking Cortlands and Macouns (despite it being one of the most popular apple varieties, we’re not Macintosh people). And we didn’t even need to climb the trees to do so even though a kid there advised us that the best ones were on the highest branches. Clearly, he wasn’t aware of my previous tree climbing experiences. I won’t go into detail, but me + tree climbing = never a good ending.
Here’s an action shot of me reaching to pick an apple:
And another of all three of us at the orchard:
We ended the day with a half-gallon of fresh apple cider and more apples than I could possible eat (I’ve still only eaten about half of them). And we even got the chance to play on some old farm equipment! Oh boy!
Switching gears just a bit, last night I experienced Portland’s First Friday Art Walk with my boyfriend Matt for the first time ever. I’ve been meaning to check out the Art Walk for what seems like at least the last year or so but I’d always forget or be busy on that day every month so I was very excited to finally make it out. Our first stop was Maine College of Art to support our fellow college students. I definitely know nothing about art but all the pieces displayed there truly blew me away. One exhibition of paintings done by students in a particular art class at MECA included some amazing pieces, some of which I honestly thought were photographs from afar. I was even able to find a painting done by Haydn’s father, David Deal, in that particular exhibition. Here’s a picture of it:
And of course you can’t forget the free food. I think I ate my weight in cupcakes and apple cider which only made the night that much more enjoyable. From there we headed out along Congress Street stopping here and there and finally ended the night at Space Gallery. We didn’t stay out too long because it started to rain pretty hard last night and we decided tea and sweatpants sounded like a whole lot better of an option than walking around downtown soaking wet. Here’s a picture of us post-downpour:
That’s about all the news I have to deliver about my life from the past couple weeks. Stayed tuned for such exciting stories as how I spent my entire October break working on my senior project portfolio and figuring out whether or not I’m applying to graduate school. The life of a college senior, gotta love it.
Alesia
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