Apple Picking and Inspired by Aquamarina Style
What a fun Saturday outing! It had been a several years since we had been apple picking and since the weather was perfectly overcast with a high of 72, I suggested going up to Ellijay, GA to go apple picking and have a picnic. We originally thought of visiting a new to us orchard (BJ Reece) however when we go there, we saw that it was incredibly crowded with their large parking lot full and traffic backing up some on the road. So we made the quick decision to go 3-4 miles down the road to R&A Orchard where we had been several times.
Since I had planned to copy Darlene’s outfit with the same camo jacket for my Monday post, I decided to wear that outfit for the day. It is comfortable, the jacket was handy to warm up my 9 year old for a bit and I was able to carry it around it in my bagn we didn’t need it. Darlene’s blog is called Aquamarina Style and she has great style! I love the variety in her outfits and her sunny disposition! I think that if you need business casual outfit inspiration that she would be a great blogger to follow.
Since I had bought the exact same jacket during the NSale and I had the rest of the items in my closet, it was very easy to recreate the outfit. It is definitely not one of my budget friendly outfits but I am getting my cost per wear down for each item as I love to wear my wedge sneakers during the fall and spring and these Wit and Wisdom jeans are my favorites therefore worn very often (I actually wore out my other pair). I know I will reach for this camo jacket a lot this fall. I definitely would not pay the full $99 price for this jacket but at the then 40% sale price, I think it was worth its price. It is comfortable, trendy and quite fun with the detachable hood.
I was a little sticker shocked when we arrived at the orchard and we had to pay to ride the tractor to where we would pick the apples but after making calls to the surrounding orchards, I realized this was a common practice and this would still be a budget friendly outing for a couple hours of outdoor fun. We paid our $5 per person ticket and chose 2 bags to pick apples: we bought a peck and a half peck. I knew the boys would want to pick lots of apples and there were about 6 varieties to choose from.
There were varieties we had never heard of as well as the well know ones: Mutsu, granny smiths, red delicious, Rome beauty, golden delicious… The boys really had a good time and enjoyed trying to find the biggest, the smallest or the prettiest apples. The views were really pretty as we could see the mountains and we chose to walk down the lanes so nobody was around.
I was very glad we had brought a picnic and we ate before picking our apples. There were a number of picnic tables where you paid for your bag to fill with apples. Of course, a person could order food and buy apples and other fruits and veggies from the R & A country store too.
We really enjoy all of these outdoors activities! They feel nice and normal in these strange times even if I have those twilight zone moments as when we rode up to the part of the orchard we would be picking and looked around at all of the masked people. My boys now find it normal to done their masks when they enter stores or are in close proximity to people. Btw, the necklace I am wearing above is handmade by another fellow blogger Michelle from My Bijou Life Online from her Etsy shop. So pretty!
I may have to share a post with the ideas and recipes I will be using with these apples: a peck and a half is really a lot of apples!
I have found it really important and healthy for us to live as normally as we can. This is the type of activities we would usually do in the fall. The reason we haven’t in the past couple of years was that the boys were in soccer but I chose not to enroll them this fall. It sure give us some free time not to have the sports activities. I always find it hard to take the boys to practice twice a week for a couple hours with a toddler in tow. I can’t say I am complaining from the break!
I was really tempted to pick up a couple of white or green pumpkins as I feel like they are really cool looking but we ended up pickomg a little orange pumpkin (a request from the 6 year old), some apple cider donuts and some taffy from the country store. We all considered our outing a success and everyone enjoyed themselves.
Will you be apple picking or pumpkin picking this fall? What kind of activities does your area offer? I am really trying to take advantage of all the fun things the North Georgia region offers!
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44 Comments
Jennifer
I love apple picking!
Jennifer
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mimifce
Now time to eat some apples =)
Bojana
This is such a lovely activity to do as a family. I am huge fan of getting outdoors while the weather is good, and honestly even when its nasty cold. As a child I went apple picking once and I have beautiful memories of it, but where I live that’s not an option due to our climate. I love eating apples and your boys look so sweet in there photos. Great idea to bring a picnic lunch, and also economical. Speaking of $, I think sometimes spending a little more on pieces we love and make us feel good while wearing them is totally the way to go. This is a great outfit and one that I think you will get so much wear out of.
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mimifce
Thanks, Bojana! Yes! My closet is like that: some budget friendly pieces and some more expensive items: and I wear them all!
Ellibelle
Apple picking is probably my favorite early fall activity! Love your outfit! I feel like utility jackets are made for activities like this!
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mimifce
It was fun! Now I am looking at all of these apples and need to choose my first recipe!
Kimberly F Malkiewicz
I’m so glad you had a normal days outing! I *hate* that we are getting used to wearing masks. This outfit is so cute–I was sorely tempted by the jacket, but I don’t need another olive green one (yes, the pink/peach jacket was tempting, too). Your little toddler looks so precious, I *know* it’s great to get a break from toddler chasing!
Michelle
Looks like a fun and safe way to spend the day! Your little guy looks so pleased with his apple. Super cute! And you have a great outfit for apple picking too. Fabulous style steal. And I will never get tired of seeing you wear that necklace. 😀
Michelle
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mimifce
Thanks, Michelle! It was nice to be in nature and do something that was not our usual hike.
jodie filogomo
What a fabulous outing Mireille!! It’s such a great learning event really. And it’s wonderful to try different types of apples that way.
XOXO
Jodie
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mimifce
It was really a lot of fun!
Anna
I have never done picking of anything but it looks like great and equally rewarding fun. Love your camo jacket outfit
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mimifce
It was a lot of fun. We’ve done apples, blueberries and strawberries. The hard part is having to use it all up if you pick a lot.
Red Bangali
I love to pick apple. How was the apple to taste? I think you enjoyed the trip.
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mimifce
They all were really good. I am using them all up in recipes this week.
Joanne
We love apple picking! We’ve been once so far this year and definitely plan to go again soon. I don’t typically pick pumpkins though but we will get mums too.
mimifce
Very fun indeed! Been baking since Saturday!
Lovely
This looks like so much fun. It’s so cool you had many varieties of apples to pick from. It must have been an rewarding experience.
xoxo
Lovely
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mimifce
That was pretty neat. We usually don’t pick that many varieties!
Ashley
Ahhh, you’re getting me excited to break out my camo jacket! Such a great fall piece!
-Ashley
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mimifce
no regrets on this one!
Shauna
Love the jacket! Looks so cozy!
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mimifce
The hood definitely gives the cozy feels!
Maureen
Yay to apple picking. It looks and sounds like a fun getaway. I love the outfit you wore. The camo jacket is very pretty and I adore that it has a detachable hood!
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mimifce
Thanks, Maureen! Pleasant weather really made it enjoyable!
Laura Bambrick
We love apple and pumpkin picking and go every fall. I think it’s really popular in our area and there are typically quite a few farms and orchards. Apples are just so delicious in the fall so we love to get a bunch and eat them all the time!
mimifce
It was fun to see which we think taste the best!
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Darlene A Messinger
Aw, thanks so much for mentioning me and featuring my photo and outfit. I love it on you, Mireille! I agree that we should be able to get a good cost-per-wear out of these pieces. As cute as we look (:)), your adorable little guys definitely steal the show!! Such cuties! And what a fun outing to the apple orchard. Love it all! Have a great week, my friend.
xx Darlene
mimifce
Thanks, Darlene! It was a fun outfit to wear and looking forward to wearing the jacket again once it stays cool.
Gail
Apple picking looks fun! We inherited an old apple tree in the garden but it’s cooking apples and they’re usually too high up to be picked so they fall and get bruised. I LOVE that camo jacket, I admired it first on Darlene and it looks great on you too!
mimifce
Thank you, Gail! I remember having an apple tree when when I was growing up and we lived in a little village in the south of France: they were the same: not for eating right off of the tree.
Jacqui Berry
What a great steal, and I think your photos of an excellent day out are wonderful Thanks for sharing on the #linkup . Jacqui
mimifce
Thanks, Jacqui! We did really enjoy it!
Lalka Crochetka
your jacket is great and suits you perfect! now I will be looking for something like that – I like this style and comfort of wearing 🙂
Nice to see you had relaxing time in apple orchard 🙂
mimifce
Thank you! Target has some pretty nice ones right now but I am not sure if they have hoods attached. I do find that I wear these types of jacket over and over throughout the years so I was ok with investing a little in this one.
Shelbee on the Edge
Mireille, I love your copy of Darlene’s outfit! It is so cute and so great for an apple picking adventure! I really want to take the kids apple picking this year. In fact, I am going to go search for some local places right now! Thanks for sharing and linking up! I love that final photo of you and the mister! Such a great looking pair, my friend!
Shelbee
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mimifce
Thanks, Shelbee! I’ve been trying to get more pictures of us lately. The boys enjoyed the apple picking even the oldest.
Naush Samama
Looks like you guys had alot of fun. Love the statement jewelry piece, you’re wearing with the white tshirt. Thank you for linking with us at Meraki Link Party.
Naush
mimifce
It sure was a nice family time!
Mica
What a great casual outfit and how nice you got to go apple picking! We have never been although we did take the boys strawberry picking one year! I really enjoyed it and would love to do it again. It just didn’t seem right this year with everything going on, as we are staying close to home. Maybe next year! 🙂
Thanks so much for joining the #WeekdayWearLinkup! Hope that you had a wonderful weekend! 🙂
mimifce
My boys love strawberry picking! We haven’t been in a couple of years though.
Michelle
This outfit will be featured in this week’s Creative Compulsions. 😀
Michelle
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mimifce
Thanks, Michelle! I am loving how the necklace looks with a plain tee! It lets it shine. Going to try it with black next =)