Pre-Holiday. We’re having an early Thanksgiving this year – tomorrow actually, as John has to work on Thursday. I made the apple pie this morning (Just assembled, not baked yet.) and every time I make one I think, “This is so easy, I should do this more often!” and then promptly forget again. I use Granny Smith apples because I like the tang; they are also my ‘eating’ apple of choice too. (Although I also like MacIntosh and Cortland, but the latter seem to be only an Upstate New York thang and I can’t find them out here on the West Coast.)

The squirrels and rabbits and raccoons are going to get a treat too, as I’m tossing all the peelings and cores over the fence. They’ll be gone by tomorrow morning, easy.