My sister has an apple tree in her side yard. It's been there forever. I know I have taken a few apples from it in years past, but this year, with the economy being in the dumpster, I thought it was just plain dumb not to take her up on her offer of free apples....especially since she even picked them for me! Thanks, sis! She reports she has picked over 200 pounds of apples from this tree. Enough fall fruit to go around to family and friends!Gabi helped grandpa peel the apples. We had a real assembly line going! Grandpa peeled, I cored, Grandma Behny picked out the small spots and started them cooking. Then, when they were all cooked and cooled, we bagged and froze. Only one bag bit the dust (or the basement floor), as I realized the bag wasn't sealed about the same time that mom reached for it. The worst mess was in her shoe....yes, it fell on her foot!
Three days before we did my apples, Izi and I went to MimiBB's to help her do her apples. This was such a walk down memory lane for me! How many times I have helped my Grandma in the kitchen. My mom looks so much like her, that this picture of Izi and mother made me miss my Grandma all the more!
When all the work was finished, Grandpa and Izi took a break on the porch and watched the leaves fall!
And finally, the Apple of my eye for this year or any other, my beautiful daughter, Kitty. She was going to a wedding when I snapped this picture of her.
