Harvest celebrations are happening everywhere and every weekend at least until Thanksgiving. We headed to the village of St. George today for their Applefest.
Apples could be bought in a number of fattening forms: candied, pied, frittered, and crisped.
The United Church congregation put on a lunch in their hall featuring soup, sandwich and apple crisp. Serving the food on china, rather than plastic or paper, plates was a nice touch. And they provided a carpet sample on each of the metal folding chairs so that patrons' buns stayed warm. Smart idea!
Our first stop: coffee. The Brown Dog Coffee Roastery & Frittery is housed in an old mill.
Great ambience. And the hot apple cider was deliciously warming.
Peeking into the kitchen I was surprised to see them making apple fritters from fresh ingredients. Having already ordered, I decided its worth another trip to St. George just to try this house specialty.
Along the highway a creative promotion entices people to next weekend's fair in a neighbouring community. Good times!
UPDATE: In case the photos above didn't entice you to visit St. George, a guest photographer shares some of his photos.
Coffee: morning nectar.
Hot chocolate is pretty good too.
Along the journey we spotted a beautiful bellfry in Lyndon. We spotted a similar bell with its giant pulley-wheel in the church in St. George. I was fascinated by these century-old constructions but couldn't get a photo no matter how I tried. Dad caught this one belonging to St. George United.
The candied apples and the apple crisp have my mouth watering! Ummm, your pictures are good enough to eat!
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