Apples, Banchees; TBT

 

The horses have apples.  

   The peeps have apples too. 

How 'bout dem apples???

Twas an apple-filled day yesterday, along with some neat scenery and a fun drive with Foster.

In the morning, I filled two big buckets from our tree for the horses, mostly with the apple picker I purchased last year. 

It's a helpful tool but can also be maddening when its claws get caught and stuck on a limb instead of an apple. 

Our apples are plentiful but never exactly great for cooking.  Most are so small that it would take a full day of peeling to yield just a couple of quarts of sauce. 

So, the horses will eat our crop as treats over the winter.  The past couple of years, I've been going to The Gathering Place north of Bonners Ferry and Three Mile Junction for my cooking apples. 

With these apples, I can peel several quarts' worth of fruit in a much shorter time. 

While at The Gathering Place, I also picked up a loaf of "peasant" bread and some pumpkin bread at the Bread Basket Bakery. 

I'd never had peasant bread before.  It's white and moist and baked in a round loaf and is adorned with herbs. 

Then, Foster and I did a little driving down country roads around Bonners Ferry. 

The most striking fall scenes were east of town on the Katka Road and other roads connecting with Kootenai Trail. 

We also stopped at McArthur Lake which is pretty any time of the year. 

Fall color is yet to come in some places, so it's nice to know we'll still have plenty of time to enjoy it. 

Speaking of applesauce, we ordered our hog half yesterday, so there should be plenty of pork over the winter to go with the sauce.  

Yum!

When Foster and I arrived home, Bill had just finished putting the brush hog on the back of the tractor.  

So, I'm ready to start grooming the fields.  This year we had an abundance of weeds, many of which seemed to get their start during last year's dry, dry summer. 

So, in the spring, we'll have Lori Jasman come and do a thorough spraying of all fields. 

We don't do any real farming, but we hate weeds and want to do our part in keeping them from spreading around the neighborhood. 

On another note, there's excitement in this family after seeing the Stephen Colbert interview with the two lead characters in "The Banchees of Inisherin," a movie mostly set on our beloved Aran Island of Inis Mor. 

Bill says he may just go to the movie theater and watch it over and over all day long. 

Debbie says she may have to buy a donkey after learning that the "diva" of the movie is a donkey named Jenny. 

The movie will open in theaters Friday, Oct. 21. 

I've included the Colbert interview, which aired a day or so ago.  Our friend Bridie who manages The Bar at Inis Mor says the movie is "brilliant" advertising for the island. 

Hope you enjoy the interview and go to the movie.  Should be good.  Do remember, though, it's a "dark" comedy. 

The Love family will spend most of their time zeroing in on familiar scenery and remembering the fun time we spent there this summer.  

Happy Thursday. 

Throwback Thursday:  a few fun photos I found on my laptop.