Hurd Orchard

Today the sisters and I had a wonderful time at Hurd Orchard.

Although it is a two and a half hour drive to Holley, NY just west of Rochester it is well worth the effort. It was a rainy, cool day with a lot of wind but that didn’t stop us from enjoying a lovely luncheon.

While we were waiting for the opening of the barn we pursued the fruit market/gift shop. After lunch we went back where Diane bought some fig/pear jam, Vermont cheese and Harvest Lentil dry soup mix. 

Finally we entered the enormous barn with dried hydrangeas and other flowers hanging from the large beams. Just entering the barn is a feast for your eyes. In various parts of the barn were large tables containing vases filled with seasonal flowers and foliage.

A large harvest table had arrangements of flowers and a ladder hanging with lanterns above. 

Everywhere you looked there was glorious color. 

The owner of this business which included large orchards of every kind of fruit and even 20 acres of flowers explained a little about Hurd Orchard to us. Then she tantalized us with a preview of the menu for the day. When the food arrived it didn’t disappoint. 

We started with a small jelly jar of freshly pressed cider from their own apples. Next the bread basket came out containing warm corn bread with caramelized onions on the bottom and sautéed apple slices on the top. Also in the basket was an applesauce bread. We devoured that so fast we didn’t even take a picture.  The salad had a little greens with slices of fresh peaches, pears, nectarines, apples, and raspberries with a homemade raspberry dressing. 

Our main course which was served on mismatched vintage china was ham slices with peach sauce and a fresh sweet corn soup which we had to get the recipe for. 

Hurd orchard part two

I had to break this up into two parts because there were so many pictures. 

Dessert was a warm peach pie with whipped cream. Yum yum!

The inside of the fruit market had baskets hanging all over the ceiling. And lots of apples. 

Birthday

Gorgeous birthday flowers from my husband. He never forgets. 

Fall decor 2021

I began my fall decorating.  I’m so ready for the heat of summer to be over. In Bradford we are not used to temps consistently in the eighties. Thank goodness for central air. It has been a blessing. Especially for Don with his breathing problems. I started by going through the bins in the storage room down in the basement. Then I carried everything upstairs and sorted again. I decided to start in the living room with the mantle. This past weekend when I was in Camphill I bought this beautiful sunflower picture. It just set the mood but I was trying to convey. The rest of the decorations came easily and blend it in with my blue and white chinoiserie China.

On the mantle I also put the water fountain. I’d love to hear it’s tingling is it drops water from one leaf to the other. I’ll have to remember to put it on a timer so it doesn’t go all night. I’m a big fan of timers. We have a lot of lights on the timer so when we go to bed at night we don’t even have to worry about turning off the lights.

I made The autumn sign many years ago. Some of the sunflowers are newer others are very old. They never go out of style.