One of the many exciting tasks in which the Weathertop girls engage in the fall is apple picking, pie-ing and freezing. This apple season, in Upstate New York, has been a little disappointing. The apples we picked were not as juicy or as flavorful, nor did they last as long as they have in the past before getting grainy, but we had an abundance with which the girls needed to deal and today they got to work peeling, slicing, baking and freezing.
Alice sorted the apples, while Hitty Dauphine busily peeled and sliced.
While Alice and Hitty Dauphine prepared the apples for their various destinies, Hitty Too and Butterbean started baking. They made pies to eat and pies to freeze and yummy caramel apples to put in their lunches for the next few days.
I am pretty sure we will be eating apple treats well into next September.
For this task, they decided to wear their cozy new flannel dresses of which we have extras to share with you. Aren't you lucky?
These dresses are made from 100% cotton quilting flannel and hand-dyed cotton lace trim at the neck.
We have two of each from which to choose, if you are interested in purchasing one of them, please identify which dress by the name of the Hitty who is wearing it.
Alice and Hitty Dauphine are modelling the first set. Alice has on the lighter sea foam green dress with circles and Hitty Dauphine is wearing the brown with flowers.
In the photos below, you will see Hitty Too sporting the sea foam green dress, while Butterbean is modelling the brown.
These dresses come fastened in back with a wee brass safety pin so that you can customize the fit of your dress, however if you would like me to install your snaps, I would be glad to do so for an additional fee.
If you are interested in purchasing one of these dresses, please contact me privately for details -- [email protected] -- and specify if you would like me to install the snaps for you.
That apple peeler is a super-fun gadget! And the caramel apples look scrumptious! It's great to see what the girls are up to! :-)
Posted by: Plushpussycat | Wednesday, November 09, 2011 at 12:03 PM