Feeling of the Day...

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Catch a vista of maples in that long light and you see Autumn glowing through the leaves.... The promise of gold and crimson is there among the branches, though as yet it is achieved on only a stray branch, an impatient limb or an occasional small tree which has not yet learned to time its changes. 

-Hal Borland

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I thank you God for this most amazing day, 

for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, 

and for the blue dream of sky 

and for everything which is natural, 

which is infinite, 

which is yes. 

- E. E. Cummings

Feeling of the Day...

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The autumn wind is a pirate. 
Blustering in from sea with a rollicking song 
he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. 
His face is weather beaten,
 he wears a hooded sash with a silver hat about his head... 
The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun.

- Steve Sabol

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Fall has always been my favorite season. 

The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, 

as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale. 

- Lauren DeStefano, Wither

 

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That old September feeling... of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air.... 
Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee 
in that annual autumnal beginning, 
as if last year’s mistakes and failures 
had been wiped clean by summer. 

-Wallace Stegner

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Autumn bowed to place a beautiful crown on the Queen of Morning, 

and her velvet robes sway merrily in the chilly breeze. 

-Terri Guillemets

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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
- John Donne

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No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!
~Thomas Hood ~

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There is a harmony in autumn, 

and a luster in its sky, 

which through the summer is not heard or seen, 

as if it could not be, as if it had not been!  

~ Percy Bysshe Shelley ~

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Delicious autumn!  
My very soul is wedded to it, 
and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth 
seeking the successive autumns.  

~ George Eliot ~

La Cuisine...

 

I finally had the time to get into my kitchen, again. I love baking. And it's rather cold today in my apartment. Plus I still had so many pears from our garden. Those muffins are perfect for a cold day, together with some strong coffee or tea. And ideal for breakfast, too - if you have a sweet tooth like me. They are not too sweet, though - as they are without any sugar and without butter. That's why some sweet jam, apple jelly or apple sauce is just a perfect accompaniment for them. The slightly bitter taste of orange marmalade goes pretty well with those, too. They are quick and easy to make and you can store them for a few days.

Pear & Ginger Muffins
[ adapted from Sophie Dahl ]

Preparation time: ~ 45 minutes (incl. baking)

Ingredients
makes 12 muffins

2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp natron (baking soda)
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
145 g spelt flour
150 g oats
225 g pear mash (like the baby food)
4 egg whites, slightly whisked
125 ml joghurt
1 firm pear, peeled, cored and cut into cubes
110 g raisins

Preparation 
Preheat oven to 180°C (356°F). Grease muffin pan for 12 muffins with oil - or use paper baking cups. Mix baking powder, natron, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg in a big bowl. Add flour and oats. Make a little deepening in the centre and and all moist ingredients including the pear and raisins. Stir carefully. Put into forms so that each mould is filled up to 2/3. Bake at 180°C (356°F) on medium shelf for about 25-30 minutes until golden. Best served warm together with sweet fruit jam or sauce.

Bon appetite!

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For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.  

For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. 

~ Edwin Way Teale ~

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falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly
~ John Bailey, "Autumn," a haiku year, 2001 ~

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Bittersweet October. 
The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.  

~ Carol Bishop Hipps ~