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Apple Picking Photos

We met at a local orchard on a stunningly beautiful, albeit windy, evening at the beginning of sweater season. Autumn had not really started, yet summer felt like a hundred days had passed. Classic Radio Flyers rumbled over the uphill, rocky path toward the rows of trees; only excited kid voices could rise above the wagon clatter until we hit the tufted aisles.

Family walks down path at apple orchard pulling red wagonsMother pulls son in red wagon through the grass at a apple orchard.

The evening was nothing short of joy and chaos, my favorite kind. Coming from a house of five myself, their six person crew is like home to me. Their bodies scattered in all directions as we marched through trodden paths and knee-high grasses, grabbing rosy apples off bowing, benevolent trees. The wind met us at our back, our sides, our sun-kissed faces, offering itself as a friendly playmate.

Children sit together in a red wagon eating apples at apple orchard.Location: local apple orchard. Father pulls red wagon full of fresh apples and mother pulls wagon with young son in it.

Young girl eats red apple while at a apple orchard.Woman holds four apples in her hands while walking at a apple orchardGirl eats red apple at apple orchard. Mother and younger brother blurred in the background.Favorite humans right here!
Mother, Father, and their four children stand outside in a grassy path.

Close your eyes and turn your face into the wind.

Feel it sweep along your skin in an invisible ocean of exultation.

Suddenly, you know you are alive.” – Vera Nazarian

 

Black and white. Young boy runs down grassy path. mother picks up child in the background.Young girl smiles standing outside in a field of grass with trees.Brother and sister both laying in grassYoung girl lays in grass smiling.Boy lays in grassTwo toddlers walk through the grass holding dandelion leaves

As the sun started to dip, the wind picked up & became more like an annoying guest–more chill than fun now. And so, loaded with tired feet, full bellies and an elephantine haul of fruit, we made our long way back to the cars….grabbing a few more apples for the road. Notes on jokes and stories and music filled the space and time, and there was an unanimous declaration of love for the Jewish Apple Cake in their near future. I cannot emphasize enough what a treasure they are.

Black and white. Boy sits on grass eating an apple next to a wagon and canvas bag at a apple orchard.Black and white. Father holds plastic bag full of apples open for daughter to grab out of. Sun setting in the backgroundKids feet laying in red wagon sitting in the grass plastic bag full of apples sitting in the wagon and toddler grabs apple out of the bagGirl sits in red wagon eating an apple. Dad holds bag full of apples open for toddler to grab out of. Sun setting in the background.Girl sitting in red wagon in the grass eating an apple. Sun setting in the background shining light into camera.Toddler girl stands outside holding and looking at red appleMother, Father, and four kids sit in the grass at an apple orchard.I couldn’t think of a better way to spend an evening than with this amazingly kind crew. You can see here how much they’ve all grown! We’ll be baking in their kitchen next time 🙂

xo, Jen

5 star review for Jen Lucas Photography

There are simply not enough stars in the galaxy to express how much I love Jen’s work! She has an incredible knack for capturing personalities in her images. I look at the photos she has taken of my four kids and see not only a fleeting moment in time but also a distillation of each of their most unique characteristics. Having Jen document these moments has become a yearly investment for our family. We have ended sessions with our four kids, sometimes less than cooperative, mostly running in different directions, and wondered how she could have possibly gotten a good shot, only to find out a few weeks later that she has spun gold!

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