been busy cooking and picking

Good afternoon.
We've had a really strong cold front blow through dropping the temps down into the 70's for highs and around 58 for lows. Much below our normal high of 92.  But it's suppose to get back into the upper 80's early next week. So, to take advantage of the cooler weather, I baked a caramel apple pie....

It turned out delicious! I think I'm getting pretty good at this!   :-)
This morning, we went over to Gilcrease Orchard. It's about 2 miles from our house.

It's a really big place! Acres and acres of trees and plants. 60 acres to be exact.

You park across the street and enter through the gates. There are signs telling you where the produce is. Did I mention, it's a pick your own nursery?

The website lists what is currently available to pick. Today, they had cucumbers, summer squash, butternut squash, pears, Kale and eggplant.
Here's our take....

Some butternut squash, zucchini squash, and cucumbers. Got all this for less than $10.   :-)
And it's all fresh as we picked it our selves, though it's a bit of work searching the rows and rows looking for it. Apples will be ready to pick in October.  Now, you wouldn't think there would be an orchard in the middle of the desert, but it is!
 So, that's what we've been doing the last couple of days.    :-)