Apples #twoweeksonwolfeisland

For some reason, this is a bumper, banner, amazing, year for apples. At least for the apples on our tree at the cottage.

I’ve never seen so many beautiful apples so early in the season.

This is our “red” apple tree (we also have a “green” apple tree – possible a russet?). From a taste test, I’d suggest these ones are maybe half Macintosh, half something else? The insides are white with a pinkish hue – beautiful.

Yesterday we had a few spare minutes, wandering between the river and the pool, so we picked some apples.

Here’s what that looked like:

We only took apples that came off with half-a-twist. We didn’t make a dent in what was growing there.

Beautiful …

I’m afraid to pick any more because I don’t know what to do with all of them …

We’re not the only ones who like the apples (I apologize for the quality of the photos – they were taken through the screen door so as not to disturb our visitor):

We see lots of fawns around. Most years, including this one, there’s a mom with twins. Not sure if this is the bolder of the twins, or another doe’s solo baby.

S/he knew I was taking this picture and didn’t really seem to mind.

I think you can see the spots still on him / her in this shot.

We got our visit from the deer just as we were finishing dinner, so all the kids got to gather round and have a look. I often wonder what the deer think of us – they show up and all these faces appear at the doors and windows to stare at them. Maybe they think we’re not allowed to come out?