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| Fall fruit: apples and pears |
We're officially in late autumn. The leaves are off most of the trees, the fields are brown and we've come to the end of our month of Frost Time / Seed Fall. It's been a month of tying up loose ends.
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| Trimming off the dried bean vines |
Next year's garlic has been planted. The final garden harvests have been completed. "All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin."
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| Bob and Lunette shredding garden debris |
The beds have been cleaned out and the debris has been shredded to become mulch. All of the beds have been covered with a nice cozy mulch blanket for the winter.
Indoors the work has been going on in the kitchen. I've made applesauce which has gone into the freezer.
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| Banana Bonanza |
Our neighbors came into a windfall of bananas which they generously shared with us. There were too many for the two of us to eat, so I dried most of them into chips for winter use. A home dehydrator is such a useful item!
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| Two quarts of banana chips |
On October 31, we took time to remember family members who have passed away. We remembered the ladies by having a special lunch featuring foods with special connections to each of them.
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| Feast of Remembrance lunch |
Grandma Neill's bean and potato soup, rolls for Roxanne, black olives for Grandma Vera, Grandma Wise's pineapple cookies and danish to honor Mom Carol and Grandma Rosso.
It was a nice way to remember them.
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| A blank slate means possibilities! |
This is the slate where I write down tasks to be done each day. In this season it is sometimes blank. It's a time for us to get a bit of rest and recreation.
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| Goodies from the fall book sale |
We picked up some books, puzzles and patterns at the semi annual charity book sale in Ithaca. We will be enjoying these in the quiet months ahead.
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| Mushroom soup and whole wheat sourdough English muffins |
It's the season to enjoy a soup supper in front of the woodstove. Quiet evenings of reading, games, hobbies and friendly conversation. Nature is at rest, and so are we.
We hope that you, too will take time to rest and nourish your souls.
Till next time,
Kathleen, Bob and Lunette
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| Oak sapling outside our window in its fall colors |
