TGIF V.3

TGIF: Things I'm Thankful for Fridays

• Washing machines; I can't imagine spending hours a day hand-washing all of our laundry, especially now that we're feeding Mathias chunks of fruit in his mesh feeder. He loves it, but the juice tends to get everywhere EXCEPT his bib. 
• Farmer's markets; my city's farmer's market is kind of lame, but still an amazing option. I'm a bit upset at myself for using canned veggies and fruit when there's fresh produce so close, the sales of which help out local farmers. Not to mention that the local cantaloupe is so incredibly tasty.
• My neighbor's grapes; our neighbor has grape vines growing all along our shared fence, and this summer, they've climbed over onto our side. Free grapes for us! Maybe I should make a fruit salad using those grapes and the apples from our apple tree.

Speaking of our apple tree; the apples are starting to get close to being ripe, but the majority of them are getting taken over by worms and ruined by hungry birds. I would say at least 80% of our apples won't be edible at this point. Does anyone know a way I can help prevent this next year, or for the rest of this growing season?

My camera is in a different room and there's a baby napping on my shoulder, so you'll just have to placate yourself from the lack of recent photos with a beautiful picture from my wedding instead:

 It's hard to believe Mathias was ever that small! He was barely a month old.