Wanderlusting: Hudson Valley Autumn Traditions

Wanderlusting: Hudson Valley Autumn Traditions

"When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome." ~ Kristin Armstrong  Autumn Nostalgia I know, I know, I am straddling seasons like a poorly timed pole vaulter, (of which I was way to short to [...]

Wanderlusting: Apple Picking

Wanderlusting: Apple Picking

"Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay." ~ Robert Browning Hudson Valley As I mentioned in my previous post, I was lucky to do ALL the farm things this fall. I was especially blessed, because I got to go apple picking TWICE! On the verge of gushing, (which [...]

Wanderlusting: Pumpkin Picking

Wanderlusting: Pumpkin Picking

"When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome." ~ Kristin Armstrong  Where are you Autumn? (Why can't I find thee?) To soon? Bonus points if you know what song I just quoted changed. While Autumn [...]

Wanderlusting: DuBois Farms

Wanderlusting: DuBois Farms

"By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer." ~ Helen Hunt Jackson Hudson Valley Fall is in the air and no place says Fall more then the Hudson Valley. Home to Ichabod Crane, rolling farm land, cider donuts and crisp air, it may not [...]

Picking a Peck of Apples

Picking a Peck of Apples

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." ~ George Eliot Living in the Concrete Jungle doesn’t give way to many fall like opportunities unless you hit up the local farmers markets on Sundays or take a stroll [...]