October Happenings

My church held its annual Harvest Festival last Saturday.   I worked so couldn't go but it was a big success.  I was hoping to share pictures but only videos are available.  I tried to take a screen shot from one of the videos to no avail.  Will have to get help from my granddaughter and add them to this post later. 

Yesterday was a beautiful day in Southeast Michigan - 84 degrees and sunny.  Could this be our Indian Summer?  We decided to enjoy the day by going to Blake's Cider Mill in Armada.  I took the photo below while riding along the expressway to show how the trees are changing colors.  They're not at their peek yet but will be soon.  Maple trees seem to change first and are very vibrant.

Along the way we passed some pumpkin patches and stopped for a picture by one.  Michigan consistently ranks in the top five states nationwide for pumpkin production.

We also passed a couple of Christmas tree farms.  We haven't bought a real Christmas tree for several years.  A standard 6 ft. real Christmas tree ranges between $80 to $100.  Only 17% of households choose real trees nowadays.  I'm with the 83% who decorates an artificial tree. 
 

We finally arrived at Blake's Cider Mill

Lots of school buses in the parking lot for children's field trips.

Hubby at the entrance.

We bought a half gallon of cider, two apple fritters and a jar of pumpkin butter.  The bees were wanting us to share with them, so we didn't tarry in the patio area.  We brought it home to enjoy.

During a stop at Kroger's this morning I finally found their limited edition Pumpkin Harvest black tea and Pumpkin Sandwich cookies.  I bought the last boxes of each.  The cookies were good, but I didn't care for the tea.  My hubby said he'd drink it.

My hubby and I have begun watching the House of David drama series on Prime TV.  We've only seen three episodes so far but I was surprised to see tea depicted in the scene with Samuel [episode 3].  The time period is the 11th century BC long before tea was cultivated or consumed in the Middle East.  Hmmm... some writer didn't do their research very well but we are enjoying the series.

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