apple picking

its october! i believe october marks the first month of fall (although i've always considered september more fall-like then summer-like - probably because with september starts school). october/september is all about the fun, love and food.. according to me that is. since its my first fall with a full time job i find it a bit more difficult to get into the usual routines of fall photography and all sorts of baking with pumpkins. mmm pumpkin spice muffins! 
i did get a chance to go apple picking though! its become a tradition over the past few years and i love it. i'm never really sure when the best time to go apple picking is. we always seems to go around september or october but this year by mid september there were only courtland and gala apples available. no macintosh, my favourite!

two empty baskets ready to be filled with apples!

 

we ended up spending about $87.00 on apples! i think it was about $1.29 per pound so thats a fair amount of apples! my mom made an apple pie and an apple crisp for dessert. i was apple to make an apple pie for terry and his parents and my sister also took some back to school with her for her and her house mates.
while we were driving back home my dad accused my mom, my sister and i for stealing apples! we each ate an apple while we were there.. one we didn't pay for. we laughed about it but he does have a valid point. imagine how much money this farm is out if every single person eats one apple each time they visit. 

end of summer

it is the last day of august already, i cant believe how fast this summer has passed. maybe its because when you work full time you dont really get a summer, or maybe its because i didn't have a vacation to look forward to all summer or maybe its the fact that im pale as can be.. whatever it is, it seems this summer flew by. the nights are starting to get cooler and leaves are already falling to the ground here. as labour day approaches, we know the end of the summer is closer than we are ready for. 
dont get me wrong, i am absolutely crazy about the fall. i just feel every year i am unprepared when it settles in. im not really ready for eating dinners outside on the deck to end, or for the sun to set before 8:30. im not ready for sandals to be put away or to see thanksgiving decorations everywhere i go. but fall was come when its ready..
and im okay with that.
fall does win when it comes to fashion.. and i am kind of exciting for pumpkin spice lattes to come back to starbucks.. and hamilton gets pretty beautiful in the fall :)
heres to september and an awesome long weekend!

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the cool air will put your hard heart away

i love when fall is cool enough to wear a sweatshirt and pants.. today was exactly that!! unlike this past weekend which was way to hot for me to enjoy the fall.. today was beautiful! despite it being the perfect opp for me to wear my bright blue denim skinnies and new pullover cardigan thing.. i also happened to have my camera in my backpack.. i obviously took the long way home to do some fall photography. 
if only i had my nikon.. it would have been completely perfect.. but almost perfect is acceptable too..

 *outfit for the day.. bright denim skinnies (forever 21) and sweater (h&m)*

ps: the h&m sweater.. got it yesterday (24.99.. not bad!) 

 pretty fall colours :)

when i have more time - im taking my nikon out..

it promises me better pictures

i love this season!

its the first day of fall today! 

i love it

sweater boots and skinny jean weather!

apple picking and pumpkin patches..

oh and.. 

i love it!