There is a wooded trail I run that tells me the season, in case I lose track, which I can do…the sharp hill part especially, where the sleek oak leaves have now amassed, and their big acorns with them– have never seen acorns this large, or numerous, and there’s been much discussion about what this means for the winter to come. Hmmm. My vote is in: hard….
of mid-autumn quince and pears
there but for the grace
of God go I. I grew up hearing this but could not begin to appreciate until life had shown me a few things. First and foremost perhaps, as in any lesson of grace, humility….
enter quince
With an unexpected haul of beautiful quince from the Berkshires thanks to friend, chef and meat expert Rob, our autumn quartet is complete.
I don’t think I’ll ever tire of cooking quince– as labor intensive as it is (see my posts from last year…you cook and cook quince, and then finally, you’re ready to start cooking it…) watching it change from creamy white to orange-ish to rosy orange is like magic every time.
But if you can’t deal with the scrubbing, peeling, cutting (more like hacking), cooking, just having a bowl of the fruit on the table lends a heady fragrance to a room. We are absolute fans.
Go quince!!!
hard freeze, first flakes, foliage, & fried green tomatoes
The season’s first hard freeze occurred over the weekend. Ahead of it, went for Concords Friday; Saturday harvested as much as I could of the tomatoes at home. Unbelievable how many green ones still there, sorry to see the season end. …
crabapple
Back after two years, so happy to announce the return of our first flavor, the sweet tart, candy apple red jelly that rocks for flavor and color like no other: crabapple.
In a year of extraordinary apple crops, the crabapples too are producing more than we can harvest. Will be all the more for the deer and other critters in a winter forecast to be pretty tough in the Northeast.
But for the moment it is October, just one light frost to date. The trees hang heavy with fruit, the foliage is glowing and les collines await only magical, fragrant quince for the autumnal lineup to be complete.
Coming soon all four: cider sage, quince, crabapple, Concord grape– gold to pumpkin to red to deep purple, reflecting the colors of the season xo
grace of labor
On this last day of summer the weather has finally caught up with the late September date. No more kidding around, we are thinking now of laying in wood and all the rest….
of grace, heat, hummingbirds & dragonflies
Early September has been marked by some pretty high temperatures and ongoing dryness. Tonight, finally showers, and when I let the dogs out after dinner the scent and feel of dampness was incredibly welcome….
August’s super sturgeon moon
That is, the sturgeon moon of August also happened to be a super moon. Not to alarm anyone that a super strain of sturgeon has been unleashed……
a handful of August
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- …
- 18
- Next Page »