A Cider Mill Day

What do you do on a beautiful, sunny, 71 degrees, November day in Michigan?  You visit a cider mill.  I was lamenting that I hadn't had a chance to go to the cider mill this fall and thought I had missed my opportunity for 2022.  But when today's weather was so nice, my hubby and I put it on our agenda.  There are several cider mills in the area, but Yates is the closest [16 miles from my house], so that's the one we visited.  Many others were taking advantage of the nice weather by paying them a visit too. 

Yates has been producing apple cider, pressed by water power from the Clinton River, since 1876.

Once inside the store, we purchased a half gallon of cider and two hand pies [hubby got apple and I got cherry].  Then we got some glasses and napkins and went outside to enjoy our cider and treats. One advantage of going so late in the year is that a legion of bees weren't swirming around us.  Only had one pesty bee today who wanted us to share our cider and hand pies with him.  The cold cider was so delicious.  Kroger's brand just can't compare!

With my "cider mill fix" satisfied for the 2022 fall season, we happily made our way back home.

I finally finished the Shutterfly album of my hubby's childhood [birth thru Jr. High School] and sent it winging its way through cyberspace last night shortly before midnight.  Glad to have another album scratched off my 'to do' list.  I've been diligently working on it since October 29th, so I'm ready for a break.  Scanning and editing 170 old photos was the most time consuming part of the project, but worth the effort.  His mother wasn't a big picture taker, so the album only has 59 pages, but it's still a nice album.

Last Saturday was bustling with activity at The Whitney, serving tea to 127 guests.  36 of them were bridal tea attendees.  Beth, the mother of the bride, traveled on the plane with me last month to Memphis, TN and told me then that she had booked a bridal tea for her daughter at The Whitney.

Floral arrangements in teapots decorated the tables.  I took pictures of a couple.  It was a lovely bridal tea.

The week has flown by and in two days it'll be time to return to my workplace.   

A friend from California posted a picture on Facebook a couple of days ago from 2004 when we were Sandy Clough tea ladies together.  We had meetings twice a year at Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, and the picture was definitely a blast from the past.  Sylvia is second from left in the front row, and I'm fourth from the left in the second row.  Sandy Clough is fourth from the left in the first row.  In some ways it seems 18 years have passed so quickly and in other ways it seems like it was a life time ago.

Signing off for today... be well and stay safe!