We've had more sunny days and sunsets lately (in the summer months, the fog usually rolls in extinguishing any chance of that), and Pumpkin spiders are everywhere, and while I think they're so cool being all fat and colorful and helping with the surplus of flying insects in our garden, walking through one of their webs can be unsettling. Yes, it really feels like Fall now. I've been already thinking about the holidays, looking forward to seeing family. We'll be in Ukiah and Walnut Creek for Thanksgiving. Looking forward to seeing some of you. Here are some pictures from this month:
Gifts from the Orum family arrive from Wisconsin. Charlotte and Julia love the hand-me-downs from Poppy, thanks for sending a package! She has the best clothes.
Charlotte loves this one from Poppy. It's hard to find long dresses -and they're sooo cool the way they look when you spin around.
Peace sparkles.
Check out the sequin pockets. I love this one.
More bread! I'm still experimenting with percentages of wheat to white flour...
This is 50% whole wheat, still airy...
Charlotte's clog sandals and mismatched socks. (why wear just one of your favorite colors when having two feet provides an opportunity to wear TWO?)
Fresh cannellini beans are especially good. Try them if you find them. They stay plump when you cook them (maybe the skins are tougher so that's why they don't fall apart?).
Watercolors
There was a huge hole in one of the breads I baked so we sent this woman in to investigate.
Charlotte's sock donut bun. We wrapped her hair around a rolled up sock. Two of these could make awesome Princess Leia buns.
Here is Charlotte working on her crown for her Halloween costume.
Charlotte reading her homemade Brown Bear book to an thrilled Julia.
Charlotte likes to make kale chips.
Fermenting bread
Grandma and Grandpa visited in mid October. Steve and I got a date night!
Ed always does the dishes.
Kiwis! Fuzzy kiwis! I was getting annoyed with the kiwi vine shading my strawberries and its roots taking over the flower bed. Finally, six years in, our kiwi plant has redeemed itself.
Wow, that's a lot of kiwis. They ripen off the vine and should be ready by Dec.
Here's a picture of my garden before I tore it all out. I turned the soil and planted crimson clover for a ground cover. It's supposed to be a good winter cover crop, fixing nitrogen into the soil. It's my first time trying it so I'll let you know how it goes.
We are growing carrots (nantes variety) and they're the best carrots ever. Maybe it's because they're so good fresh out of the ground? We've made a rule that little girls can only pick one a day, to make them last.
Charlotte's been making books (from my first grade files) to read to Julia. You can watch her read one of her Halloween books here.
Here's CB's Halloween Rainbow Dress in progress.
At the Blue Lake pumpkin patch:
Julia napping with two bras and a swimsuit:
More of this lately. We're back to making fires in the stove twice a day -that part and the cold, dark mornings we're still coming to terms with.
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