Monday, October 29, 2012

This month

apple picking 2012
{apple picking 2012}

snow line orchard
{snow line orchard}

apple cider donuts
{apple cider donuts}

baking
{baking}

hope springs resort - entry
{hope springs resort}

evening by the pool
{evening by the pool}

rattlers in late september
{rattlers in late october}

:: Went apple picking with Emily and had apple cider donuts for the first time. Em and I tried to lobby for a move to Yucaipa (apples! inexpensive houses!), but we got shot down right quick.

:: Spent a whole week planning and executing a very serious cake, details coming.

:: Got away for a weekend at Hope Springs Resort celebrating a friend's birthday.

:: Made the most of every single warm evening, spending as much time sitting on the patio as possible, even though it's covered with leaves and other plant detritus.

I don't want to abandon this space and I don't intend to, but I've been juggling a lot of obligations and I'm trying to prioritize my free time as best I can. So there might be a week where I post every day and then a few weeks with nothing. It's pretty much all dependent on when I can get my photos off my camera and onto my computer and honestly, when I work on a computer all day it can be hard to motivate myself to open up my laptop at home.

This time of year always gets in my headspace. I still think on a school year cycle, and the fall feels like a beginning, a season of change. So I'm thinking and dreaming and we're talking a lot, making decisions, sipping tequila or bourbon and cooking things that aren't much work and trying to figure out where we might be this year, next year, ten years from now. Our year of no decisions is pretty much over and while I'm not sure we're going to make any changes anytime soon, we're ready to start contemplating them. It's good, this marriage thing.

20 comments:

  1. I love apple picking! We usually go to Riley's to pick, but I always stop by Snow Line for the cider donuts. So good!

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    1. We do the same! I haven't tried picking at Snow Line.

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  2. I was just at Snow Line a few weeks ago! I love those apple cider donuts.

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    1. They are so good. I was curious about what all the fuss was about, since East Coast people always seem to be talking about them.

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  3. you have also been *running a hundred miles!* let's not forget that, for it is mighty. (i'm so glad you've been my hundo partner.)

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    1. True! And I'm genuinely surprised by how much time that's consumed! I need to get faster, I think.

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  4. you guys do so much DECISION MAKING. even the year of no decisions was a decision.

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  5. should we be making more DECISIONS??

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    1. Probably not. But you guys just bought a house and you've already vetoed kids, so you're way ahead of us!
      Ours also takes into account a whole lot of family obligations and how we handle them going forward. Also, I'm chronically decision prone.

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    2. kids are pretty easy to veto, though. their rhetorical skills are rudimentary at best.

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  6. Your friends in Canada are so happy to see a blog post today! Pictures look lovely as always!
    http://maplesyrupandflannel.blogspot.ca/

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  7. one day, i WILL try cider donuts.

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  8. Very nice to have you back Rachel. Looks like October has been a busy and exciting month xx

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  9. Yay! A new post from the fantastic Rachel. I've been checking your space for weeks now with nothing and today I received a lovely surprise. Obligations are hard - aren't they especially when it's family. Looking forward to more posts. Your photos are lovely as always x

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  10. I live closer to Los Rios than you do and I still have never visited. I need to make that happen.

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    1. You should! It's fun. The apple picking itself isn't all that exciting (and it's pricey), but I like the whole experience.

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  11. ooh, apple cider donuts? any donut is fine with me.
    i'll be trying for apple picking next autumn with my little one.

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  12. Glad to see your post and although we don't know each other personally I have appreciated your posts and also follow your good friend Emily. I applaud your honesty and it encourages me to take time for the things that truly matter in life...it's nice to know that I'm not alone in the struggle to balance between all the things in life. I always look to see if you've posted and when you haven't I just send a little thought out to the universe that I hope all is well and life is treating you kindly...looks like it's been good.

    P.S. - as an update on some very wise wisdom you shared with me back when you posted about the things that you would've changed on your wedding day. I found the ring! The boyfriend is making the first payment tomorrow! Trying it on the day before Thanksgiving :) Things are moving along and we've never been more excited! Thank you again for sharing your experience

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  13. Oh I've never had apple cider donuts before ... but am now making it a priority!

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