Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Apples and Pumpkins

Around this time of year we visit one of the many apple orchards in our area.  The local farms make it such a fun family event with hay rides, pumpkin patches, and corn mazes.
 
The orchard that we stopped at had a corn maze with a troop of girl scouts collecting the entrance fee and explaining the "word" challenge.  They explained that throughout the maze there are seven wooden stands, each with a single letter.  We were to write down the letters and if we unscrambled the letters into a word we could win an apple.  At the end of the maze we had our "word".  We walked up to the table and asked if we'd gotten the right answer and one of the young (and adorable) girls yelled "YES, yes, you got it right! Good for you!" - she was so happy for us - it was so cute!

We strolled through the quiet and peaceful orchard snapping photos, wandered through the pumpkin patches looking for the best pumpkin, ate apple pie and apple donuts while listening to a choir sing.
We left with a bag of apples, a jug of cider, and (after trudging through three patches) we had the perfect pumpkin.

Pumpkin PatchPumpkin Patch


This photo was textured with Kim Klassen's Dreamit and Goldenhour textures.

Pumpkin 
Pumpkin

Apple Orchard 
Apple Orchard

Have a great day,

Be wonderfully odd!


7 comments:

  1. Lovely images. Beautiful apples - love those water droplets - and I love your edit on the first image.

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  2. Oh, I love all your images, but that first one... wowzers - it's beautiful and mystical. I wish I could visit that orchard!

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  3. Beautiful photos - and I just love your texture processing on that first photo!!

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  4. Looks like the perfect Autumn outing. Love the first textured photo.

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  5. Love your top textured pumpkin. Looks like a lovely time at the orchard. We took our grandsons last week and had a great day. Your blog is lovely. I'm still plugging away at mine. Lol. Thanks do much for your visit and lovely comment.

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  6. Sheila, this is the epitome of Autumn! I absolutely adore this shot and what you've done with the textures. The rest of your photos captures the season perfectly. The colors and textures are simply luscious!

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  7. Wonderful pictures just love them.

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