Welcome Autumn!

 

It has crept up on me...

Fall, that glorious golden season has arrived! I love the crisp air, the beautiful light,
and the changing of the leaves....the scent of woodsmoke in the air, the honking of the
geese as they wing overhead. It truly is a glorious season! I hope you are enjoying it!

Apple Time!

There's some excitement around here because of the yield our two little apple

trees are giving us this year!

These Stayman's won't be ready for a couple of weeks-but, it looks promising!

We even propped up the branches to keep them from breaking...

it's also amazing to us that we didn't lose branches and apples during Hurricane Irene!

Here's our other tree, it is a Golden Delicious

This will be the first year we harvested any apples from it!

Some of them were a little misshapen, and some had spots, but

they were easily cut off!

I made applesauce from them--and it tasted sooo goood!

Having the apples and making the applesauce is one of the things that

makes it feel like "Fall" around here...

how about you?

Are getting in the mood for Fall?

Autumn Accents

Thought I'd pop in and show you a few of the Autumn Accents around our home...hope you're enjoying the season! (Don't forget to-it's short!)

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns."
- George Eliot

LEAVES OF AUTUMN.

As summer turns to Autumn

The leaves begin to turn.

About God's love and beauty

This is the time to learn.

Just look outside your window

At colors bright and bold.

Leaves of red and orange and brown

And some look like pure gold.

You say you don't believe in God?

I say, how can you doubt?

When you go to your window

And simply just look out.

Outside my kitchen window

A tree grow's strong and tall.

It brings such joy and peace of mind

To watch leaves of Autumn fall.

It sways in winds but never falters.

And from it's pattern never alters.

It must be God no man can say

I made that tree to look that way.

The sun rays form a halo

Around that big strong tree.

And there's a voice that seem's to say

Look up and think of Me.

~~By Carrie Reger.~~

I always feel sad saying goodbye to Summer...but I love to welcome the Fall

Making new Memories... crisp air...colorful leaves...the smell of woodsmoke in the air...cider, spices-cinnamon, nutmeg... apples, pumpkins, s'mores and bonfires!
It's a time of year that is cozy and homey...and, it puts me in the mood to cook!

FALL PROMISE.

Trees arrayed in gowns all bright,

Geese that honk in southern flight,

Nippy nights and brisk fall days -

Earth with beauty is ablaze.

Farmers gather in their yields

Children play in leaves fresh raked,

Begging fall's last apples baked.

Earth is fired with gold and red,

Though she soon will be put to bed.

God gives vivid promise true -

Spring will see earth born anew.

~~By Louise Pugh Corder.~~

I hope you have a blessed Fall season in your home. :)