All types of Halloween decorations adorn houses in the neighbourhood. Ghosts fly from trees, tombstones lie in the front garden, and ghoulish pumpkins sit on porches. I can take or leave this particular day, but I do enjoy seeing the little ones trick or treating at my door. I bought a box of candy treats and one of potato chips to hand out to them on Saturday.
While walking and seeing the signs of Halloween, I got a bit fanciful and thought that these Garry Oak branches, growing downwards, looked a little bit like scary arms reaching for anyone on the trail. Fortunately, I passed by without incident.
"After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, like pearls slipping off a string."
L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
When I walk by a young Gingko Biloba tree, I always admire the fan-shaped leaves. They are elegant and will soon be completely golden yellow.
I had my hair trimmed today, bought a few groceries, and a new bath mat. This is the exciting life I lead. A load of laundry at home, and some cooking. Thank you for the ideas for the quince. I do have some quince jelly in the freezer from last year, and think I'm going to make a pastry of some sort with these ones.
I was thinking about the books I read when I was a child. The school library was where I found most of my reading material. We didn't have a lot of books at home, but we did have some. My parents gave me The Wizard of Oz along with a similar edition of Little Women when I was about 8 or 9. Little Women was discarded a few years ago as it was falling apart. Nurses Who Led the Way was a birthday present from a school friend about the same time. Pippi Longstocking and Heidi were my favourites.
This afternoon I baked a Lemon Loaf and a Date Loaf. Keeping it real here, the date loaf did not come cleanly out of the baking dish, but Tim says it tastes good. He ate the patched pieces already.
Our friends who gave us the quince also gave us a bag of yellow apples. They bought a property with many mature fruit trees, but the names have been lost. These yellow apples are crisp and good to eat, not too sweet. They are not Golden Delicious.
Autumn is full of abundance - ripening fruit and squash galore. Locally grown cauliflower and broccoli are now available in our stores. I love to cook autumnal foods like soups and stews and casseroles. They warm from the inside out.
Enjoy these autumn days, or spring ones. Each season has its beauty.
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