Jennie, Gary's wife, has finally returned from the Appalachian trail! She completed the entire trail in 3 summers and she is finally home! Gary & Jennie are our lovely neighbors that live above us. (And Gary is our handy landlord as well) but more than neighbors, and business, they are our good friends! It was probably our mutual passion for Jane Austen that sparked such a friendship. So now we pass along Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, the original P&P, and all the Austen classics from living room to living room....
Today, we went to a nearby apple orchard for some picking! It was beautiful and the apples were perfect.
Jonathan was pretty excited that we picked "Jonathan" apples :)
We also picked acorn & butternut squash, peppers and of course...
Pumpkins! (My favorite) We got some white pumpkins for homemade pumpkin pie, and some blue pumpkins just cause they're cute.
Let me know if you have any great recipes involving pumpkin! I think I'll be trying this recipe from a friends blog soon. And my neighbor has a great pumpkin chili recipe that I'm excited to try. Yay for Autumn!
What a fun adventure! I would have loved being your neighbor, too, but apparently God had other plans. :-) You should definitely try the pumpkin bread!
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