October 14, 2012
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Autumnal Afternoon
It smells so good in my house right now.
Last week, our farm share didn’t include apples — which, at this time of year, was downright rude and unexpected. In response, I picked up a bag of organic apples at Kroger that just weren’t that tasty. So when I was at Whole Foods later in the week and saw some big, juicy organic apples on sale – I had to get some. They did not disappoint.
This week, the farm sent apples. Needless to say, we are now flush with apples. So, I decided to use the bland Kroger apples to make applesauce with cinnamon and brown sugar. It’s been stewing in the crockpot all afternoon, hence the good smell.
This morning, the kids and I awoke to another Sunday without the Mr., who is in the midst of a busy travel season for work. I made a “magic pancake,” which is a large oven pancake that puffs as it cooks, along with some apples cooked with maple syrup. (The apple theme continues.)
Next, we went out to get a few pumpkins for the porch, which was partially decorated yesterday, but lacking gourds. That situation has been righted.
I also planted a few pansies out front for the cold weather. Around here, they last through the winter – but I usually wait too long to plant them as my summer flowers last well into the fall. This year I’m phasing out the old and replacing with the new, in a somewhat uncharacteristic showing of garden organization.
Our daughter is devouring a novel next to me. Soon I will interrupt her so we can watch the latest “Project Runway” together. It’s one of our female bonding activities each week.
Our son is into his 4th hour of playing with his best friend. Football, football, football, PS3, football.
I roasted two squash this afternoon, too. I read that you can pop them in the oven whole, as long as you pierce them a few times with a knife. It was disturbingly satisfying to stab away at two firm squash on a Sunday afternoon.
Tomorrow is picture day, so I probably have at least one item to iron. I also have to decide if I want to pay for retouching of what remains of the boy’s black eye, or keep the bruises in the picture to officially document the crisis at the beginning of his third grade year.
What do you think? Retouch or leave it alone?
Comments (3)
Do NOT retouch. McSweeney’s ran a really hilarious blog post recently about decorating with gourds for the fall. You should find it. I don’t know how, but it shouldn’t be hard. Google McSweeney’s gourds fall decoration blog. See what happens. I laughed my ASS off and at book club last week one of the ladies did a responsive gourd decoration. Funny, funny stuff. You know we’re approaching Elf season, right???????
@ordinarybutloud – I did not retouch. As for the gourds, that was hysterical!! Such a riot. It’s like the fall, R-rated version of an Elf on the Freakin’ Shelf rant, for sure. I’m surprised there isn’t a magical Gourd on a Shelf that reports back to The Great Pumpkin. Give it 2 years….
No retouch! Yay! The black eye, like my sister’s 2nd grade photo with the stitches in her ear, capture a moment in time – for better or worse.