The leaves are changing, fields of hay are harvested and the ferns are dying in the woods. Winter is on it's way. But first, fall. All it's glorious colors, crisp air and apples.
I've really enjoyed the bounty of the land this year. If asked my highlight of the summer I'd have to say the harvest. It started in spring with morel mushrooms. I'd never had them before, never been successful finding them until this past spring. I found about 25 during their short 3 week season. Our garden did well this year and we had beans and peas. Not a lot but enough. We found a puffer mushroom in the woods and David turned it into a delicious chicken dish. Next we discovered blackberries all around our yard. More then we could eat at one time so we added them to the blueberries we picked at the local farm that are in the freezer. We've gotten fresh corn from local farms and sweet cherries grown locally when they were in season.
One of the best meals were kabobs we shared with neighbors. These consisted of venison I harvested last November with green peppers and cherry tomatoes from our garden. I'm still getting green peppers and we've made a couple of batches of poppers from jalapenos off our plant. In a week or two we will dig up our potatoes.
Now it's time for donuts, apples and cider. I love to make carmel sauce for dipping apple slices in. I love the cooler weather and fall colors.
Ecclesiastes 3 NLT
A Time for Everything
1 For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.
2 A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
3 A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
6 A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7 A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.
Autumnal Equinox September 23, 2019 The First Day Of Fall
"An equinox is the point at which the sun sits directly above the earth's equator, and day and night are of approximately equal length across the world. The word "equinox" is derived from two words: aequus, which is Latin for “equal,” and nox, Latin for “night.”
This happens twice a year. The autumnal equinox, also known as the fall equinox and the September equinox, occurs in September, while the vernal equinox occurs in March. After the autumnal equinox, the days start getting shorter and the nights get longer."
Blessings, Cecilia
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