Finally Falling

It's that time of year again.

Those Leaves are falling again. The mornings are cool. The Fuzz's Sweetie made Apple Pie.

But these leaves don't seem very colorful. I believe I heard once, that Dry Weather makes the most colorful leaves. We have had a bit of rain lately, which is a good thing, really. We even have water in our well, which is a big improvement over last year.

The Fuzz is hoping to ride the motorcycle up into the mountains this weekend. That is, if they have gas up there. But it looks like they might by now. Maybe we can get him to bring back some pix.

American Pie

You may remember that The Fuzz was living in anticipation of a Pie, Apple, to be precise. I mean, what could be better than an Apple Pie? How about a bunch of Fried Pies? So when the subject came up, The Fuzz was quick to run out in the yard, and get some of the best looking Apples.

He also grabbed this knife and went to work. The Apples must be pealed, and then chopped up into little pieces, for the preparation of this wonderful delicacy.

His theory being, that if he would handle this part of the process, His Sweetie would take care of the rest. And she did!
This is the delicious Apple Filling here, still in the pot.

Next, she fixed up the dough for the crust, and filled it with the Delicious Apple Filling.

Then it was time for the Dangerous Part. Here you can see one of these delectable treats being lifted from the Very Hot and Dangerous Oil.

And here is the finished product.
Unfortunately, these are "Virtual" pies, so you can't Smell or Taste them. Alas, all that remains is this picture, but trust me, they were excellent.

Kittens & Applesauce

Here's a look at our Current Crop of Kittens.The Late Puddin's Sister produced these. They seem pretty healthy....so far. Two Face was a good mother as you can see. Unfortunately, she has followed Puddin' across that Great Divide. What ever got him, seems to have gotten her as well. The Fuzz's Sweetie found her dead the other morning. But she did manage to raise these babies 'till they can survive without her, first. This is one reason we don't worry too much about having a bunch of kittens. Cats just don't seem to last long around here.

The Apples seem to be doing better. These are some kind of early green ones. This tree was here when we moved here many years ago. Someone had been trying to use the area for a garden, and cut it down. But it came back from the roots. One time, The Fuzz tried to graft on some Winesap shoots. They lived for a few years, but never did any good. But the rest of the tree did fine.

The apples are rather small, and not much to look at, but actually taste quite good.

The Fuzz's Sweetie has been making Apple Butter and Applesauce with them. She's pretty handy to have around.

We have another Apple Tree that we planted when we came here. That one's a Winesap (the source of the ill fated grafts). It's loaded this year too. Soon those will be ready and there will be more sauce, and The Fuzz hopes, maybe a Pie.

The Apple Post

Well It seems we can post pictures again, I'm not real sure, since we can't preview them. I suppose if it posts, we can see them then. So here are those tiny little apples I was mentioning the other day. We have two trees, but all I can find are these few, on this one branch, of this one tree. Of the two trees, this one is a sort of wild one, or at least, the least tasty. The other is a Winesap type, which makes yummy pies. But alas, that one seems to have no survivors. These apples are also on a branch that is hanging low across a path which gets constant use due to our particular facilities here. So really, I don't think we can count on much here.
For the curious, I am still employed. The morning after my Exciting Episode, some unfortunate flipped this Transfer Truck right up the street from the garage. This kept the Street Dpt. busy and diverted most of the attention from my own fiasco. All that came of it was a "Be Careful" meeting.
Puddin' is doing fine.

Technical Difficulties

Ah, yes. I wanted to tell you about the few little apples that had survived the terrible freeze, and I even had pictures to prove it. It was to be an "Apple Post". But it seems that Blogger has issues with apples, specifically, Macintosh Apples. I didn't expect Blogger to be prejudiced against minorities, but now I see how it is. At first I thought, perhaps, I had personally done something to offend them. But after some investigation, it seems that the Mac Minority is suffering discrimination in these posting issues. Maybe soon, they will be stricken by conscience, and let us once more, post our humble pictures into Cyberspace.