{"id":1055,"date":"2011-10-17T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T14:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2011\/10\/17\/apple-picking-in-october\/"},"modified":"2011-10-17T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T14:50:48","slug":"apple-picking-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2011\/10\/17\/apple-picking-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Picking in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_715\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-715\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2011\/10\/th_SNV33871-150x146.jpg\" alt=\"Taste Testing!\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taste Testing!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Macoun, Macintosh, Granny Smith. What are they?   They&#8217;re all tasty and all picked by many of the au pairs attending Patti and Melinda&#8217;s\u00a0 October cluster meeting!  Under sunny skies and a very brisk wind, au pairs enjoyed cider and apple cider donuts together while we greeted several new au pairs. We then said goodbye to Alicia Cornellisen and Franzi Goerisch who shared their advice about having a great experience this year.<\/p>\n<p>Then it was into the apple orchards for those who wanted to try their hands at picking.  And pick they did, as you can see from the photos!  Bites were taken and bags were filled to overflowing with the apples that they had reached high for!  Some au pairs decided to skip the orchard and they retreated inside to enjoy the gift shop and various samples.  As both activities were wrapping up, a huge rain cloud overhead burst, the winds began to blow harder, and we all ran for cover.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the apple picking was pretty much done!  Now the pie baking begins!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s1211.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc438\/BestofBoston\/Fall%20Apple%20Picking%202011\/\">More Pics Here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macoun, Macintosh, Granny Smith. What are they? They&#8217;re all tasty and all picked by many of the au pairs attending Patti and Melinda&#8217;s\u00a0 October cluster meeting! Under sunny skies and a very brisk wind, au pairs enjoyed cider and apple cider donuts together while we greeted several new au pairs. 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