warm afternoon :: though for how long

it is fall and the afternoons are a bit misty. still warm and sunny to go for enjoyable walks with friends. sit in the garden for really early dinners and watch the blue skyes more than just a moment. my moments in the garden, have been frequent, even hanging laundry is still possible, if early enough in the day. some times i started hanging with still fog hanging in, believing the news paper, that the sun will brake through.

i forgot about autumn being one of my favorite times, but i discover this again now. as for the moment, the harvest season is finding an end, i picked the last green tomatoes and put them in a paper bag with an apple, to ripen in the coming weeks. apples are in many dishes and lots of apple sauce and apple butter as well as apple compot is on the shelf in our cellar. i also don't remember a time, when my storage of frozen plums and cherries and prunes have been so plentyfull. it was the first year, i ran out of jars to fill with jam...
a blessed season and lots of work standing in front of the stove (and mainly my parents pruning the fruits for the freezer).

the cold can come, the woolens are out, waiting to be put on for riding the bikes to school and work!