An apple press at one of the apple farms on the Hood River Fruit Loop Tour. I was going to get pictures of Mt. Hood, but alas it was shrouded in clouds. But I did find this lovely press sitting halfway in the bushes.
What a great find!! I've seen one in action up here in the hills of Vermont, but not for a while as the slow monopoly of money makers makes its inexorable way through even these rural environs. Looks like here they also spread out the apple harvest with a taste of the pear also..sneaky...
"I never looked for it, gave it no name; yet I knew it always, when the gift of peace came. I stood quite still for the moment that it lasted...Then the light shifted slightly and the moment passed, leaving me...with the lasting echo of its presence.." Diana Gabaldon