Gratitude Discussion Group

Totally off current thread: went to NC apple orchard recently, and as an outdoor person I love and am grateful for the incredible variety of fruits grown in that orchard, the rural area that is located in, the colorful fall foliage of the trees, and the finally lower temperatures after a historic heatwave and drought locally. Picking a crisp apple right off the tree, (be advised, when going to a pick-your-own place, get a map of where the varieties are ready, run to the very farthest spot from the entrance, and there you may still find some apples within reach). The kids do want to pick their own, so even if the kids are older than 10, they still want to fill the buckets. Downside was that we all had to eat some fresh from the fryer apple donuts.

@ellerbracke Living in NH, apple orchards abound. My husband is generally not big on going to them but maybe I will try to get him to this week. He does love Cortland apples. It is fun to go there but the apple cider is way too tempting as are the apple cider doughnuts. YUM
JK

@contentandwell Those donuts sound good I'm going to try muffins with apple cider

@ellerbracke
Yummy, we have a place not far away called apple hill. Every imaginable type Apple and whatever can be made from them. When I want some I just go in my back yard and pick away.
If you get bored you can make me an apple pie/cobbler/strudel or whatever.
Here’s hoping boredom sets in quick!!!
Thanks in advance
Jake

@lioness I have a great recipe for apple muffins with a chunk of cheddar in them. I haven’t made them for a long time, I hope I can find the recipe to make for the weekend, my daughter and her husband will be visiting.
JK

@contentandwell I love a slice of apple pie with cheese on it . Must be a eastern thing I mentioned it to a friend out here she turned her nose up at it .

I think that I understand “ gratitude “ and this post is so rich with contributions I’m want to believe that just reading it all over time will in and of itself lead to gratitude so I’ve finally and already started reading. Because it is pages long and the last one I read about cheese on pie I think I started at the right spot. But the reluctant thing in me that knows resistance so well needs to push through it and like it. The optimist in me already believes it’s there and one of those gratitudes needs to be that it is posted here and that everyone who contributed are blessings wrapped in gratitude. So thank you all for your contributions! Stuck on gratitude!👍🙏🏽👌🏻🎃🧑🏾👁🕺🏼⛑👙🌂🌈🍋🍯what goes a🎡comes a⭕️With a 🥯 and cream cheese besides cheddar cheese with hot apple pie I like it like mayo on French Fries once you try it you’ll like it 2 TY for tolerating my strange ways

I figured the paper work needed to be done

@stuckonu glad to see that this gratitude group postings make you smile! It seems these days there's so much going on in everyone's lives, that we sometimes forget that it is important to be grateful even for little things! So thank you for your post today. It always makes my heart glad when I read from members that there is something here on Mayo Connect that has felt like a connection for them [pun there but not intended].
Ginger

Not to be a party pooper, but apples are not exactly on my keto-ish diet. Just kidding. Y'all know I will eat an apple anytime I've a mind to! @leonard, @contentandwell,and everyone, good Monday morning!

@gingerw , this group always manages to put a smile on my face. It's cold here, and my daughter has a 9am appointment. So someone of the two senior citizens has to get up and go get her. Guess there won't be any staying at home to be done today.

Thankful for Apple's and good recipes to dream about. For friends in far away places. For reminders that there are still good times to come, if we are careful to be grateful.
Mamacita Jane