Saturday, October 2, 2010

Apple Festivals

The hay is in, the weather is turning cooler, the leaves are changing colors, and fall is upon us once again.  As part of a fundraiser for TBear's hockey team, Whit and the horses spent last Saturday offering wagon rides around a local orchard to visitors who'd come to pick their own apples.  It was a beautiful, sunny day.  

Everyone took a break for some lunch.  


Look closely and you can see Sunny helping his Papa take the horses back to the wagon after lunch.

And, of course, we snacked on apples.


Today, we went to the Apple Festival in Manchester where TBear performed both with his violin school and his fiddle group.  It had rained for the past three or four days, so we were really happy to see the bright sunshine this morning!  Sunny and Riss came to watch too.  It was chilly in the morning breeze.

My fine fiddler.  Notice the short sleeved shirt while everyone else is in long sleeves, and he wasn't cold.

The stage is new this year, and the sound system is run by solar power.  How cool is that?

One of the advanced kids' favorite fiddle tunes is called "Wizards Walk" by Jay Unger.  It was a fine end to a fun performance today!  On the way home, however, TBear asked if we could just visit a fair this fall without having to work or perform.  I laughed and told him his dad and I were actually talking about that very thing this morning over coffee.  Perhaps we'll get to the Fryeburg Fair this week.