• Food & Recipes

    Spiced Apple Cake

    Fall is not only full of color, it is full of flavor!  Some of my favorite things about this time of year, are all of the yummy things we get to bake and cook.  After visiting the apple orchard and coming home with a couple of bags of apples, the next step was to figure out what to make with those apples. Of course, I made a couple of batches of applesauce, because applesauce is best when it is homemade – especially when you leave chunks of apple in it 🙂 We also ate a lot of apples, just sliced and dipped in caramel – but you can only eat…

  • Adventures & Travel

    Apple Season At Blake’s Orchard In Armada, Michigan

    Blake’s Orchard Temperatures are dropping and leaves are turning here in Michigan.  Fall is in full swing, and what better time to visit an orchard, than during apple season! With so many orchards in the area, it was hard to pick which one we wanted to visit.  After talking to a few locals, we settled on Blake’s Orchard in nearby Armada. Blake’s Orchard and Cider Mill is family owned and has been around since 1946.  They are also one of the orchards that are actually open year round. One of the first things that caught my eye when we got there, was just how cute they had everything decorated for…

  • Adventures & Travel

    Welcome to Michigan!

    You know you are in Michigan when you ask someone where they are from, and they hold up their hand to show you. We are currently in the thumb! I will be honest – before getting here, I was a little apprehensive.  I had never been to Michigan before, and the only thought that really ever came to mind when I would try to picture what it would be like here, was that it would just be like Detroit.  Not that I mean anything against Detroit, I don’t…I just pictured city and a lot of urban sprawl I guess.  The truth is, I could not have been more wrong! Michigan…