Pumpkin spice seems to have taken over once again as we usher in the official start of Autumn, but I’m over here pointedly obsessing over all things apple.

(It won’t be long now, pumpkin, before I come for you, too…)

One morning last week, I took a trip to our local community apple orchard, a quiet, happy place nestled unassumingly between neighborhood cul-de-sacs.

Most of the trees had already been picked over, so with the exception of the small army of spiders nestled in the delicate, expansive webs stretching from tree to tree, I had the place to myself, the early sunlight shining soft and dappled through the branches, the fruit dotted with dew.

I came away with a handful of apples, and a bevy of apple-themed inspiration.
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