Apple picking through the ages

Connecticut looks so pretty this time of year.  I haven’t taken as much advantage of its elegance as I would like, but today rode the windy roads among the yellows, oranges, reds, and rusts of the trees, to catch the end of the foliage still up high.

The intrepid Jane Austen fans in Connecticut gathered to pick apples then potluck, in commemoration of the Box Hill picnic in Emma.  The day was glorious, the apples ready to be plucked, and a gentlemanly gentleman was handy to make it happen.

The gentlemanly Doug

The gentlemanly Doug

Striving for Empire (apples)

Striving for Empire (apples)

The Judgment of Paris and the Golden Apple for the fairest in the land, updated to the Regency era

The Judgment of Paris and the Golden Apple for the fairest in the land, updated to the Regency era

Everyone wins this contest!

Everyone wins this contest!