The Post in which Bryce Sees the Bluebird of Happiness and Liam is Brave around Cows
The word glorious came to mind: a bounty of apples picked with our precious grandsons in our favorite abandoned orchard.
“I’m taking some good Andrew Wyeth shots,” I said to Joe, who was reassuring three-year-old Liam that the grazing cows wouldn’t hurt us.
Our favorite “golden tree” stood alone in the sun-filled pasture. It had the best tasting apples of the day.
It was a fairy tale setting in which a monarch butterfly and a small flock of bluebirds flew by.
The rolling mountain countryside had us so enchanted that we all started talking with an Irish lilt.
The boys learned to avoid fresh cow patties and listened to stories about Robin Hood and his merry men. “I just saw a real cricket,” said Bryce, who walked with a big stick for knocking down apples. He remembered being at the orchard when he was not quite three. He had a big stick then, too. See HERE.
“I wish daddy was here,” said Liam, who beamed when his hopa (Joe) helped him climb a tree. Liam decided he would pick his daddy six apples. “How about sixteen,” I suggested. “Sixty!” shouted Opa. Sixty is was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBjvAM6SXb0
“One day you could make this your place, not abandoned anymore,” Bryce said. Liam agreed that we should build a house right next to our favorite apple tree.
______Our World Tuesday
September 29th, 2014 1:45 pm
Such a perfect day and more special too when spent with the kids who do so love being with you and Joe.
You’re so lucky to have an abandoned orchard. When you go apple picking here, the bag to fill cost at least $20.00.
September 29th, 2014 2:09 pm
Sounds like it was a perfect outing!
September 29th, 2014 2:22 pm
The boys loved sorting the apples for themselves and their dad. Now I have to teach them how to make apple pie!
September 29th, 2014 4:34 pm
Yes, fun day for harvesting apples, pretty pictures !!
September 29th, 2014 4:56 pm
What fun, picking apples with your grandchildren.. They are adorable.. Great photos and videos. Have a happy week!
September 29th, 2014 5:15 pm
Apple pickin time and what a happy family and fun photos for OWT! Thanks.
Happy Day to you.
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
September 29th, 2014 6:45 pm
I really love the Irish brogue video. Those 2 boys are clones of Joshua and Dylan!!
September 30th, 2014 1:00 am
Darling boys! Such fun picking apples and talking with that wonderful Irish Brogue….I cannot get over how grown up they both are getting!
October 1st, 2014 9:51 pm
[…] While picking apples on the Parkway with our grandsons, the rolling mountain countryside had us so enchanted that we all started talking […]
October 2nd, 2014 2:04 pm
Loved seeing you with your grandchildren. apple trees are special.
October 2nd, 2014 2:14 pm
Love hearing from you, Chelsea. Let me know when YOU start blogging!
October 2nd, 2014 5:57 pm
You HAVE TO adopt me, if I become available.
October 3rd, 2014 8:23 am
How fortunate your grandsons are! They will likely NOT grow up with Nature Deficit Disorger written about by Richard Louv in his book “Last Child in the Woods.”
August 31st, 2015 4:20 pm
[…] We missed Bryce and Liam’s help picking this year. Check out this post from last year’s hike titled The Post in which Bryce Sees the Bluebird of Happiness and Liam is Brave with Cows HERE. […]
August 29th, 2016 5:20 pm
[…] When my sons were little I used to sing them a song that I made up: I got two boys, and they’re bundles of joy. Now I sing it to my grandsons and with them we make up other lines. Like the cow song – We got two cows and they’re chasing us now – which we sang all together on the drive home (where I promptly made an apple crisp). / Last year’s apple picking with the boys, and while speaking with an Irish lilt, is HERE. […]