Blogtober 7: A Soup, Autumn Leaves, and an Interesting Flower

 

I stopped by the library this afternoon and took a photo of the Chinese Lanterns (abutilon pictum) hanging on a bush just outside the door. They are the prettiest things and so striking. I wonder if they are difficult to grow. Do I have room for another bush? Likely not.

October 7, 1897

"It is October and autumn. We are having delightful fall days, misty and purple, with a pungent, mellow air and magnificent sunsets, followed by the rarest of golden twilights and moonlit nights floating in silver. Maple and birch are crimson and gold and the fields sun themselves in the aftermath. "

The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery: Vol I

Did you see the full moon last night? It was hiding behind some trees so I walked out onto the road and watched it glowing in the night sky. This morning when I walked in the early light, it was on the other side of our house, cheerfully round and smiling.

After the library, my next stop was the grocery store. There are trees throughout the parking lot and their leaves turn very red and fall quite soon in October. Soon the ground will be littered with them. 

I've cut 8 pumpkins from the vines and they are curing on the back deck. They are not overly large, which suits me just fine. I'm sure that one or two will be carved into Jack-o-lanterns at the end of the month. With one I made soup. Pumpkin soups are often too sweet for me, but this one of full of savory herb flavours - rosemary, sage, and thyme. Scrumptious. Click here for the recipe to Pumpkin Soup with Herbs.