Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Life is in flux BIG TIME these days. I want to keep in touch with all of my peeps. The Internet is this beautiful thing. I can move to a brand new city and still stay in easy, near-daily contact with the people I love. When I feel connected to the people in my life that matter, I am unstoppable!

No Peak Peeps, but Maybe Apple Pies

By Abby at 5:45 pm on Sunday, October 16, 2005

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Sheesh, people! Yes, I’m alive. It’s just that I don’t like talking about going out of town on the old blog, since it’s a good way of saying, "Hi! My apartment is empty except for a coupla felines and the occasional petsitter!" What we were trying to do was peep at leaves (fall foliage, that is). Unfortunately, much like the apple picking adventure of last weekend, it was another rain-soaked adventure. No nature drives. No hiking in the woods. Luckily, the B&B in New Hampshire was lovely. We read by the fire, played board games, and did our damndest to relax. We did an OK job, too.

Not much going on with us now that we’re back, except we napped much of the afternoon, and we have to get moving on all these apples before they are no longer usable. Luckily, I picked up this cookbook at our stop at Cracker Barrel on the way up (yes, they actually have a few of those up here!):

 

Update: They weren’t kidding about MacIntoshes being mushy when you cook them. I made some crumble last night, and BLECH! The applesauce I made afterwards was lovely though.

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Comment by Abby's mom

October 16, 2005 @ 8:35 pm

Did you actually take the fall foliage above or is that what you had hoped to see?

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Comment by parental unit

October 16, 2005 @ 9:25 pm

Great Picture, whoever took it.

Your fans have been writing me. “Where’s Abby?” Thanks for telling them. Don’t scold them for asking. They miss you – that’s all. We do too.

Those are the best of mountains, the White Mountains. My favorite are the birch trees that are permanently bent from the winter’s snow. No wonder Robert Frost was such a great poet. All he had to do was look around him…

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Comment by Abby

October 16, 2005 @ 9:35 pm

I didn’t take that picture, but it was taken in the town where we stayed. The Robert Frost home was nearby, but it closed last weekend for the season. Our timing wasn’t great.

It’s nice to be missed. 😀

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Comment by Eric

October 17, 2005 @ 12:42 pm

The GF and I went camping on ye olde Blue Ridge Pkwy towards the end of last month. Unfortunately it was too early for the Fall colors. But we heard coyotes. So there’s that. I hope you kids are doing well.

E.

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Comment by Jen-downstairs

October 17, 2005 @ 5:57 pm

ah, home sweet home. There’s practically no foliage here, just dead leaves falling- most didn’t even turn colors because of the draught we’re just over. Boo.

I miss NH!! Haven’t seen real foliage in years!! What town did you all stay in, up in the White Mountains or more central?

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