{"id":1537,"date":"2014-05-03T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2015-03-22T10:03:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T17:03:30","slug":"apple-blossom-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/?p=1537","title":{"rendered":"Apple Blossom Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy weekend! \u00a0Wow, things have been busy around here. \u00a0I really thought April was as busy as it gets, but May is looking like it’s going to be\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>busier. \u00a0And it’s only the 3rd.<\/p>\n

The end of April and the beginning of May means Apple Blossom Festival in my local valley. The festival consists of events, parades, food fairs and carnivals lasting from the last weekend in April through the first weekend in May.<\/p>\n

You always \u00a0know the festival is near, because all around the orchards become\u00a0stunning. \u00a0<\/em>The blossoms are just lovely. \u00a0See for yourself.<\/p>\n

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Gorgeous, right? \u00a0(p.s. these are actually pear trees- still beautiful!) \u00a0<\/em>As lovely\u00a0as the orchards are during this time, they don’t stay in bloom for long. \u00a0It seems like you’re swooning over the flowering orchards all around at one moment, and then you blink and they’re gone. \u00a0Because of this, I think it’s perfect that we have an Apple Blossom Festival to celebrate this beautiful time of Spring.<\/p>\n

Last weekend was the youth parade, or the “kiddy parade” as I know it. \u00a0I don’t usually go to any of the Apple Blossom parades, but I had to go this year to see my nephews, niece and my little brother – who were all in it. \u00a0I went with my parents, who treated me to a coffee at a local coffee shop right by the parade route. \u00a0The parade itself was adorable, filled with kids of all ages. \u00a0Here are some snapshots:<\/p>\n

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For about a week and a half, we have a carnival and a food fair set up in town. \u00a0The food fair has always been my Apple Blossom highlight. \u00a0Greasy food, sugary sweets… I love it. Although there are so many different options, I usually end up getting the same things every year. They need to have, like, a “food fair sampler” that has teeny portions of multiple food booths so I can broaden my horizons. (Did I just come up with a million dollar idea??) \u00a0On Thursday we ventured out for dinner, dessert and live music. \u00a0We went with some friends and family. Here are some pictures from our foodie adventures:<\/p>\n

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Shishkaberries are my absolute favorite. \u00a0I get the “Hallie Berry” every year, which is milk and white chocolate covered strawberries. \u00a0So delicious!<\/p>\n

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What are your food fair faves?<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about our local Apple Blossom Festival, visit the website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n

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Happy weekend! \u00a0Wow, things have been busy around here. \u00a0I really thought April was as busy as it gets, but May is looking like it’s going to be\u00a0even\u00a0busier. \u00a0And it’s only the 3rd. The end of April and the beginning of May means Apple Blossom Festival in my local valley. The festival consists of events,… [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,1,14],"tags":[93,83,62],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrate","category-misc","category-travel","tag-festival","tag-local","tag-wenatchee","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42QGB-oN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1537"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1628,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537\/revisions\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/momentsdontcollectdust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}