Apple pies and hurricane Sandy

I haven't posted in a while, there's been a lot going on around here weatherwise - Hurricane Sandy hit a few weeks ago, and then we had a little snowstorm.  There was some electricity out in our neighborhood and we just stayed holed in for a few days.  We had some felled trees and had to be careful about power lines, but that was the extent of it in our little neighborhood.
As we were cocooned in the apartment, I was texting with my Mom, and we both had the ingredients and working stoves to make apple pies - so we did!  And I always think of apple pie as a go-to, cozy dessert - I think a lot of people do. 
I had a 1/2 peck of apples I got before Sandy, as a stock fruit to have that didn't need refrigeration.  I had a recipe for a whole wheat crust using canola oil as the fat, so it was a little more heart-healthy than the store bought crusts I usually use (have to give a shout-out to Pillsbury, that doughboy is still my main man!).
This crust, while easy to make, is extremely crumbly and you have to handle it gingerly - I had a time of it flipping it onto the pan and repairing all the breaks, but it is moldable.  I used apple pie spice and on the advice of my sister, sprinkled agave nectar on it instead of sugar; it worked out nicely - didn't alter the taste from my usual apple pie with sugar and cinnamon.

Just wanted to put in a photo from our neighborhood - my husband and I took walks on the nights after the storm - we came across this and several others.