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Celebrate Autumn In New York State with a Trip To The Wright Family Farm & Save 33% on Admission!!!

Carolyn — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:54:05 +0000

The leaves are changing, the pumpkins are ready for picking, the apples are crisp and it’s a wonderful time to explore New York State. Fall is so beautiful in New York State, sometimes living here, we take for granted the beautiful change of seasons and the colorful beauty of fall. If you are living in New York State or visiting the area, I urge you to experience the beauty of Autumn with a trip to the Wright Family Farm in Warwick, New York

Try to find your way out of the Corn Maze, go on a hay ride, pick your own pumpkins, compete in the duck races, visit the animals in the barnyard, ride the pedal karts and have a picnic. Right now you can save 33% off admission to the corn maze and barnyard with a special US Family Guide discount coupon that you can get by clicking HERE. You can follow them on Facebook too to keep up with the newest happenings.

The Wright Family Farm is located in scenic Warwick, New York, just an hour north of New York City. This family-run farm stand offers a variety of seasonal family fun! During the fall, we offer pick-your-own pumpkins, free hay rides, and a corn maze. The farm stand features seasonal produce, fresh-baked breads, and cookies, as well as hot dogs and snacks.

Fall, What Fall?

Carolyn — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:15:51 +0000

A little ranting going on this morning and I am calling out all of the people who say that Fall is their most favorite time of the year. They talk about warm, crisp days filled with apple picking, sipping pumpkin flavored beverages and jumping in piles of crunchy, colorful leaves. Hayrides, picking pumpkins and just sitting and admiring the changing colors are all on their list of favorite things to do. That’s all well and good unless you live in upstate New York. We don’t have Fall most years, in fact the leaves start falling in July. I can’t tell you how many colored Autumn leaves I find on my lawn all Summer. In August the nights get cold enough that you put the heat on in the car at night and sweatshirts are required.

Before even the official start of Autumn we have frost warnings, are using the heat and building roaring fires in our fireplaces. Sure there are some days when we have a taste of true Autumn but never a season of it. We seem to move from Summer right to Winter with a short stop at Autumn beginning late August. My husband laughed when I told him that he needed to finish the new porch railings a few weeks ago because we would never get to paint and stain if he didn’t because soon the snow would fly. Let’s just say he’s not laughing now.

Saturday was so cold and windy we cancelled a family photo shoot due to the conditions. Fall to me is one of the most depressing times of year, not true Fall but our Fall. Everything dying, the thought of a Winter that lasts to late May (I kid you not it snowed mid May here last year), is not uplifting for me. I love Spring (again if we had one) and Summer which is entirely too short since it ends mid August. So far today looks fairly okay outside, so I will enjoy one of the last days of true Autumn even though it’s technically still Summer and better fit that pumpkin latte in quick before the chance passes me by. That’s what you have to do when you live in the state of 2 seasons, Winter and Summer.

Enjoy some photos of Fall in upstate New York that I took in July (I jest a little). It is beautiful when we get one or two true days of Autumn.

Fall is coming!!!

Carolyn — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:43:18 +0000

In a few short days and the days are getting shorter, it will officially be Fall. When people tell me that Fall is their favorite season and talk about apple and pumpking picking, I always look a bit skeptical. See, I would like Fall too…if we had a Fall. Unfortunately in these lovely Catskill Mountains we don’t really have a fall and we move very rapidly from Summer right into Winter. This makes for a very long Winter and maybe if we are very lucky we will have a whole 2 weeks of Fall and most times those are not consecutive days. I remember the “Fall” soccer games of my older kids where the kids were playing with winter coats and it was snowing. These are not the pictures of Fall that I think of, this is not the image of October that most people have in their heads. So I do feel a bit melancholy at the ending of Summer which is my favorite time of year. Yes, there are things that I do like about Fall but for me it is a bit depressing and is leading up to Winter and we have harsh Winters here and you can only build so many snowmen. I am going to try to embrace Fall this year and hope we truly have one, even though the other day the temperature fell way down and w have had to put the heat on. I also hate to see the garden die and all the trees lose their leaves as there is something so lonely about Winter. I mean yes, the first snow is beautiful but driving and trying to get around in it really well…sucks. So prayers for a long mild Fall for all. Happy Harvesting!!!