"scrumptious"

that's what charlie called the apples during our 2008 apple picking excursion this week. the apples were plentiful and, as a matter of fact, scrumptious. this was joey's first apple picking experience, and he missed most of it as he was sleeping very comfortably in a front carrier that kim was wearing. once we got home, we made an apple pie and apple sauce. the apple sauce turned out terrific, but the apple pie could have used a little more flavor. i think our mistake was using mostly red delicious apples in the pie, instead of the more tart stayman winesap apples. oh well, you live and learn.

we've also found a new wine we enjoy very much - ferrari carano fume blanc. very light and refreshing and at around $15/bottle, very affordable too.