{"id":1795,"date":"2009-09-05T22:07:48","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T02:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2009-09-05T22:07:48","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T02:07:48","slug":"apple-picking-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=1795","title":{"rendered":"Apple Picking 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halfway into our apple picking session, Dan mentions that he thinks that we may have had a good season this year. \u00a0The trees were chock full of the most delicious, giant and juicy apples. \u00a0I agreed at first, but then I realized, in all the years we&#8217;ve gone picking together, we&#8217;ve never made it there on the first weekend. \u00a0We usually remember a few weeks in, when they have to truck you to the far corners of the orchard because all the other apples had already been picked. \u00a0So, we realized, it wasn&#8217;t a good season &#8211; we just finally remembered to go on time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1796\" title=\"DSC_9561sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9561sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9561sm\" width=\"432\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And it was very worth it. \u00a0And not to mention, this year was the first year that weren&#8217;t bundled up \u00a0or stepping over mud puddles. \u00a0The weather was perfect today. \u00a0The sun \u00a0was brilliant and there was a slight breeze in the air &#8211; just enough to kep you cool.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1797\" title=\"DSC_9707sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9707sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9707sm\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And just like the weather, Jaia was completely different than she has been in years past as well. \u00a0Obviously. \u00a0This year she wanted to pick her own apples and carry her own bag (with frequent pit-stops to empty her apples into Dan&#8217;s bag). \u00a0And she didn&#8217;t want to stop. \u00a0We ended up picking far more apples than we&#8217;ll actually eat &#8211; but it made her beam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1798\" title=\"DSC_9622-1sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9622-1sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9622-1sm\" width=\"436\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1799\" title=\"DSC_9571sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9571sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9571sm\" width=\"432\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But more than that, it made me beam. \u00a0With how busy we&#8217;ve all been this summer, Dan, Jaia and I have had fairly little time to just hang out together. \u00a0And so, after we thought we were done picking apples, we all just sat there on a hill for a few minutes, 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src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9673sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9673sm\" width=\"657\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then she was off again. \u00a0More apples picked means more apples to snack on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1806\" title=\"DSC_9700sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9700sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9700sm\" width=\"432\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1812\" title=\"DSC_9653sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9653sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9653sm\" width=\"432\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1808\" title=\"DSC_9666sm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/DSC_9666sm.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9666sm\" width=\"432\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img 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