Early (for us) on Sunday, Rich and I went apple picking. We’ve been going to the same orchard (for Vermonters -- the one at VTC) for years - I’ve never seen it this ripe before. Apples everywhere! The trees were laden with them.
While I took some pictures, they just don't capture what the place was like.
Here's a branch overloaded with apples; just try to imagine a whole tree looking like this, and then a couple hundred of trees like this:
Here's Rich picking apples, and me in front of an unusual looking tree:
While most of the trees are planted very close to each other, there were two outliers. I decided to look at them, and found wonderful apples. Here I am returning, carrying the apples in my sweatshirt.
Just a closeup of me: