Picking apples

I have never visited Baugher's Orchard as a customer before, but that all changed Monday.
I have taken photographs there for the newspaper I used to work for.
The object of our visit Monday was a family outing to pick apples.
Shirley made an apple pie a week ago from fruit from a tree at home. It was very good, so why not another one or two.
So it was time to get more apples and there's not a better place for apples than Baugher's.
The pick your own is a nice setup. You get a wagon ride to the orchard. They drop you off next to the trees after a short ride which children and adults will enjoy.
The apples rows are identified, so you can pick the variety you like.
After a short shopping trip in the market, where we brought some fresh cider, it was off to a petting zoo.
Shirley and the kids had a great time feeding the animals. The goats were jumping on them and following them around. They enjoyed feeding a calf and horse.
Shirley said it was the best petting zoo she has seen. I agree. It was good and it was free.
As you can see, I had my camera with it. I shot some art shots of apples and the sun, along with apples on the tree and on the ground. Shirley enjoyed feeding the animals including a llama. There were flowers at the orchard store including a great fall flower, mums.

Williamsburg Animals

We established in an earlier post that I like Williamsburg.
There are many things to photograph in the Colonial Capital. One of the objects I enjoy are the animals.
There are horses pulling carriages and oxen pulling carts through the streets. In the Spring, you get to watch lambs in the fields.
An animal that has the run of the city are squirrels. They don't seem to mind posing for the camera.
On one visit I was standing by a tree looking around for a photograph. There was a lot of noise coming out of a trash barrel.
Out popped a squirrel with something in his mouth. Up a tree he scampered. I focused on him as he sat in a tree and ate an ice cream cone that was thrown away.
Keep your camera handy in Williamsburg as images to photograph can pop up anywhere and at any time.