CottageStyle Party

In Washington it is apple time - and I do mean Apple Time.  

It starts in the spring - apple blossoms everywhere

 Then come the apples - single trees - orchards - lines of apple trees forming fences - apples everywhere

 Apples at farmstands - by the road with a sign and a money box to  pay for the apples you bought - vast orchards - apples everywhere

This is the wooden hand carved basket where I keep the apples

I even have wooden apples hanging in the kitchen - I painted these years ago 

Out comes the apple peeler - and our apples become pies 

A party is always better with pies 

Other days I get out the crock pot - we are going to make apple butter 

It takes two days - but it is worth it - a winter's worth of apple butter to spread on homemade bread - toasted and hot.

 Mmmmm- cut into that crust - the pie smells so good right out of the oven

 If you get apples early enough in the season you can add some late season peaches and make a Peachy Apple Pie

And that is our Cottage Style Party for today

Would you like some tea with your pie?