October 10 and we have our first snowfall. But when it lands lightly on top of the flowers in a flaunty fashion, who can complain? And the snow dusting the red-gold-yellow leaves on the trees--stunning.
I don't think the butterflies will be visiting this butterfly bush again this season tho.
Debating whether to pull on my warm, toasty clothes and go out for a run...or stay inside and make apple crisp. Run first and then crisp? Fine. Fine.
Am toting the crisp to a friend's 70th birthday party. A surprise. If I run, then I can skip the moderation rule tonight, right?
Went to the Des Moines Farmers Market in a snowstorm this morning scouting for apples and bittersweet (for a photo shoot). Good news: no crowds to fight. Bad news: few farmers braved the weather so pickin's were slim. But I bought a peck of Jonathon's and Cortland's (were they Cortlands?) One tart. One sweet. I'll mix 'em up in the crisp.
Here's the recipe I'm trying, thanks to Ina Garten. Ina combines lemon zest and juice with orange zest and juice to toss with the apples. The reviews say it is too lemony and I'm not a big fan of orange zest, so I'm ditching the orange zest and juice and opting for fresh squeezed lemon juice and no lemon zest.
Do I really have to run? I suppose since I'm in training for Race for the Cure in a couple of weeks, I ought to get another run in this week. Here I go. (The sun is shining and the snow is almost all melted now.)
This is such a regional difference; you're in the apple of your season; we're into our hot, cheesy queso season. It is shocking to say that I bought 3 of those giant logs of Velveeta cheese and 10 cans of Rotel (10 for $10, OK?) at the grocery store. The cashier looked at me and said "You must be cooking for the Cowboys game." Nope. Just getting a jump on Texas-OU weekend supplies. There is no such thing as too much queso; my father believed you could never have enough gravy on hand, and the same standard applies to hot melted cheese. Some of that cheese and Rotel will ship up to NYU, where No. 1 Daughter is introducing the queso passion to her fellow dwellers at Third North. You go, girl!
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