Signs of the Season

  Sunday, September 29, 2024

Earlier this week Dale and I had dinner at the Lowbrow. We both got the Pasta Bolognese and it was delicious. 

Afterwards we took a walk around the neighborhood and noticed some spooky things along the way. 

My Second Pumpkin of the Season

Sunday, September 22, 2024

It's about 17 degrees cooler today than it was yesterday so in addition to it actually looking a little bit more like fall it's starting to FEEL a bit more like fall. That's a good enough reason for another pumpkin as far as I'm concerned, this time a white one. 

My First Pumpkin of the Season

Saturday, September 21, 2024

This'll probably end up being one of the warmest Septembers on  record. The high temps have been mostly around 80-85 which is not horrible in and of itself but the dewpoints have been NASTY which has made it really gross, especially in the school where I work where the air conditioning can't keep up with the humidity. Needless to say it just hasn't felt very fall-like which is really saying something now that we're entering the last third of the month. 

Still warm today however we had a break in the humidity which felt nice. Also, there are beginnings of changing leaf colors. The changes of course have to do with lower temperatures but also in the amount of daylight. Some leaves are going from their usual green to a lighter more lime green which will eventually become yellow. I'll take the change in leaf color as a sign it's okay to pick up a pumpkin. I got this little one when we stopped by Lunds and Byerly's for dinner makings.  

I noticed a dad in the produce aisle pushing around his two little girls in his grocery cart. When he walked by the pumpkins one of them said, "Dad, can we get a pumpkin?" He responded "No, I've already got two pumpkins in my cart." I hadn't noticed him with any pumpkins when I first saw him with the girls a couple minutes earlier so I looked over to see if he was talking about actual pumpkins or the girls. Just as I noticed there were no pumpkins the other of the two girls cried, "Dad! We're not pumpkins!!" So cute. 

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

 September 18, 2024

Pumpkiny things are beginning to appear at Lunds & Byerly's including these pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting. Dale and I picked them up for dessert tonight and they were delicious.