Photo fall

Autumn afternoon

Photos from a longer-than-anticipated trip one afternoon a couple weeks ago. Fall colors are coming out in full this year. Wonderful.


This and that
One of Nico's prized sunflower plant was blown over one night during a storm. I was the lucky recipient of the prized flowers. They didn't last long but I enjoyed them while they lasted. Another fruit of Nico's hunting, a humongous squash. I think it's a butternut. I haven't done anything with it yet but a plan is only a Google search away.

A piece of that pumpkin cornbread I made. It was pretty tasty but definitely needed the sprinkle of powdered sugar. Those are some hard nuts to crack! Nico holding up his broken nutcracker one afternoon.

Me in front of Johnies where we go for fried foods every Sunday. I am actually smiling bag in hand, only you can't see the bag.

Cooking with fresh porcini, yum!
Nico had been singing the praises of the "acorn bread" mushroom, translated from the Dutch eekhoorntjesbrood. I thought, "ok. Well, pick it and I'll figure out what it is an fix it." Turns out, it's porcini. Simple.

Slice, add some garlic, olive oil and fresh parsley, throw in some couscous and fresh grated parmesan. Done!

Welcome!
A new addition to the balcony, I'm not even sure how it's spelled. "Hay" is how this native plant is pronounced. One of my favorite plants.

And the new cut and color. Horns courtesy of Shiela and the kids. For Halloween, of course, though it's fun to just wear it 'round the house, catching myself in the mirror is a hoot.