Apple Pickin' 2010

Apple Pickin' today !!This year I broke with tradition and tried a new Orchard near Ottawa. A little 20 acres called Mountain Orchard in you guessed it the town of Mountain about 45 min out. No mountains to speak of and the service is... well very young and bloody slow %$?$#%?#$%?# But the apple trees where so low you barelly needed to raise your hand to fill you bag with deliciousness. Big juicy apples ripe for the picking and what is this ?! Donuts and fresh cider on the way out ! Oh and the donuts ? Made fresh in front of you and served steaming hot from their oil bath with a dash of cinamon. Mium mium ! 20 pounds for me, 20 pounds for Christie and a couple of well taken photos from Ian. A productive excursion and soooo many yummy pies to come :)




Pic by Ian

Yup, this will do nicely ... : D

It was nearly a week ago that I moved up yet another river to our nations' capital. The moved went pretty smooth as far as I am concern. Dad had a flat on the trailer on the way to the city before picking me up and I got a tree branch fall square on my head while he was pocking at the car trailer hitch for the bicycle rack. It went as follow:

Tap tap tap with the hammer and screw driver
I joined him on the street
Tap tap tap he went and I eagerly watched
Tap tap toc it went
Down came the tree branch on my head
Out came the metal cover from the car trailer hitch
Out laughing in the street went the rest of our merry moving crew.


Had lunch and about an hour or so later left the city packed up to our hears in both vehicles + one low ridding trailer. Had supper on the local burger joint and after a good brunch Sunday morning my helpers headed back home and I was left to unpack my crap with the occasional break to snoop around the neighborhood. I gotta say I think I like it here ! I counted 4 outdoors, kayak & Canoe shops within 5 min walking distance from my new abode and another 2 min to the nearest dedicated bus line not to mention a very short car ride to the bridge connecting this side of the country with la Belle Province. Took me 10 min yesterday to get downtown via the dedicated bus line for an interview thought I'll admit the usage of two bus tickets for a one way pass in order to differentiate kids from adults is a little weird... Just print different colors people. Oh and I get the feeling I'm going to miss the magnetic / rechargeable bus card. Already yesterday I was searching franticly through my pockets for the ever-elusive paper ticket, lol. Got a burger and breakfast joints right around the corner and I was informed via a tasting sample (salami on cream cheese on fresh bagel) from my roommate that the cousin or uncle to the owner of St Viateur bagels has a shop nearby also. Same recipe just a little less time dedicated to the rising of the doe =denser bagels. Yaaaaaa I think I might still have gobble those up with cream cheese. Just to be fair to the St Viateur family you know... Can't show any favoritism now can I ? ;P All in all this place is turning out to be pretty sweet.


Oh and we go a very sociable & mellow rabbit walking the grounds around the house.





P.S. Dad had another flat tire about one hour out of the capital while heading back home… Driving back this weekend to get it fixed… AGAIN ! Lol , naahhh not funny though....