Apple Dreams

Last night when we went to return Francine and Jeff's boxes they gave us more apples from the Colebrook New Hampshire orchard. What an amazing harvest it has been. I immediately shined up and tasted an apple and it was so good as is, I might refrigerate them an wait before making more applesauce. I love the applesauce granola yogurt combo for breakfast or as a dessert. A month ago we made nine gallons of applesauce thinking they would last a year, but we have eaten four of them already.

Autumnfest was a success again now in its 35th year. The Carnival amusement rides have folded up and nearly all of them have rumbled down the street like a herd of elepants as they head back home to Ipswich New Hampshire. Now the city is cleaning up the park and the streets and putting away the picnic tables for next year but the trees are are still glorious red and yellow and orange.

Autumnfest takes place annually at the WII Park on my street. This park has been abandoned for years due to lack of funding. If I played the lottery and won I would restore this park. We need a good place for Woonsocket kids to learn to swim and have fun. This is our Central Park, our Turbesi Park! We could have ice skating, swimming, skateboarding, basketball, picnics, and concerts. We could have ever changing annually painted murals made by local kids, and maybe a few apple trees for pie making.