Responding to Apples. A Guest Blog

Ruth, your recent blog featuring apples made me think of my friend Mary Ann – a wonderful watercolor artist here in Florida.  She is headed to Washington DC in April to accept an award from the National League of American Pen Women, Inc, for her art submission representing the topic of “Apples”.

Founded in 1897, the National League of American Pen Women, Inc. (NLAPW) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports and promotes professional women in arts, letters, music, and allied professions. For more information go to National League of American Pen Women, Inc. – NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN, INC. — Linking creative women since 1897  

Mary Ann Miller is active in the local (Jacksonville) league and created quite an original take on the topic.  She painted “Joie des Pommes” (Joy of Apples) –four scenes influenced by 4 famous artists (Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, and Cezanne).  An apple hides somewhere in each scene …. pretty clever take on the subject. The scenes are created in 3D and framed in a shadowbox … lots of beautiful little details.

2025 Vinnie Ream Medal Winners – National League of American Pen Women, Inc.

I’ve posted lots of apples

Highlights from old posts when searching for the tag “apples”

How many seeds does a teacher plant?
A Christmas gift

One bad apple

A Little Cinnamon

Baked half apples. Half baked apples?

A dot of butter in the hollowed out core.

A sprinkle of cinnamon

I put a little bit of water in the bottom of the pan

Baked 1 hour at 350F

Different apples bake differently depending on moisture content and firmness.

But they are all delicious

New Apples

The new crop marks the beginning of fall.

Apple Picking Time in Washington

My sister sent these two photos, documenting apple picking time, from Washington, where she is visiting our brother.

Maybe you see this label in your supermarket
Pereking in the stacked bins

Apple Season

Audrey of Minnesota Prairie Roots wrote a blog post featuring a favorite apple orchard and right now my sister is in Okanogsn Washington visiting our brother and she’s watching the workers bring the bins and pick the apples in the neighboring orchard.

Audrey’s query- do you have a favorite apple orchard? reminded me of one of my favorite photographs which I happened to take in an Ohio Apple Orchard

My DIL is walking between the trees with Anna and Michael. Jack was at home napping. She’s expecting Maura in November. (2008)

I hadn’t started blogging then but since then I’ve posted a lot of apples here’s a link to the tag apple of old blog posts. And even a second page of posts tagged apple you c add non see Cider making and my SIL making an apple pie. There are photos of the orchards in Washington state. And there’s a tag of apples as well with lots of apple cooking

Maura Laura Charlie snd Anna
Lynd Farm in Pataskala Ohio
Me with Anna, Charlie and Maura

Three Types of Apples

Three different types of apples, peeled and chunked and cooked on the stove top to make applesauce -nothing added, just apples. Last farm box delivery had three bags of apples. A lot of apples.

Trying for one continuous strip of peel for the entire apple

Braised Red Cabbage and Apples, Yes or No?

Autumn Food.

 

Here is Martha Rose Shulman’s recipe for Braised Red Cabbage and Apples from the NYTimes

Onion, Granny Smith Apples and a Red Cabbage
Thanks for the Fig Balsamic Vinegar, Roberta.
Before it cooked down for about an hour.

Apple Butter Season

Immersion blender smoothed it out. All those apples cooked down to four jars.

A Dozen Years Ago

One of my favorite photos.

Anna’s birthday weekend. Apple picking. In October 2008. Anna turned 5.

In this photo at the apple orchard, Erika is expecting Maura (12 next month) and Jack was home napping. Michael and Anna are helping pick apples

Ohio Apple Orchard