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I tend to read more during the fall and winter. There just seems to be more spaces between the breaths to snag a book and wrap and cuddle down on the porch swing or cozy up in my fav chair with the stack of growing books that glared at me all summer. I love the warm cuppa of what ever hits my fancy to hold and sniff as I turn the pages and nibble from a plate of stolen pastry that I shouldn't be eating. Is that why they call it Stollen? This year's stack seems to be fallen than past years, but the task of running behind four sets of short male feet has been occupying my days. The smallest seems determined to help type every word that goes into my phone or ereader.
That all said, yes Deb. I love reading this time is year and am ready for it. Where is your favorite reading spot?
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Karen great reading ideas there. My favorite spot to read is in my cozy little library. :)
Time of year doesn't really matter to me and my reading. Although with the summers as hot as they are here. The cooler months are definitely nicer and more comfortable to read it. Can't afford to run the AC all summer long, it costs too darn much!!
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Ang Glad to hear from you and glad you're feeling up to posting
take care xo
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Susan Happy Anniversary and Birthday!!!
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Fall is beautiful when the leaves start changing. Harvest festivals abound and local churches make their annual homemade Brunswick stew. Yum! I try to freeze some every year to have during the winter. Fall is also the best time to find really good apples. Mountain apples are the best! I love fall---it just doesn't seem to last long enough. It sometimes feels like here we go from summer to winter!
Ah, I miss the pear trees out in the front yard that one gave us bushels of sweet pears that melted in our mouth all winter. Wild Apple trees abounded across the expanse of the national forest there with every variety imaginable. Buying Apple's didn't happen, you just went for a drive and a short walk to find your favorite trees.We even had hickory and Black Walnut trees in the yard. But I let someone else gather and crack them...
This is all very interesting. Hearing everyone's stories about Autumn/Fall. Kind of makes me a bit envious as it doesn't really get that cold where I am in OZ, and I've never seen snow! Plus we don't do Halloween here in Australia, as I guess its an American Tradition. Also we don't have the trees turning/leaves changing like you guys do either. Well at least not where I live anyway. Guess you'd call where I live more tropical!
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Great things to share TarHeelGirl, I've never had Brunswick Stew what's in it?
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I've had apple trees but never pear and I miss the fresh apples and the ones that would fall that I'd scoop up for the local horses. Thanks for sharing Karen :)
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Hi Ang, first there is nothing wrong with living in the tropics most of us who have hard winters wish we lived in Florida come January and February and second if you ever want to experience a Midwestern Autumn I've got a spare room!
I hope you're feeling better
Debbie wrote: "Great things to share TarHeelGirl, I've never had Brunswick Stew what's in it?..."
I guess Brunswick stew must be more of a Southern tradition. Churches here typically make it in a huge pot and sell it by the quart as a fundraiser. The churches that do this usually have members who raise and donate the vegetables. I guess the main ingredient is tomatoes, along with beef or chicken, lima beans, corn, green beans, etc. It's ingredients are very similar to vegetable soup, except it is more tomato based and very thick. They are several variations, and some NC pork barbeque restaurants serve it as a side, but I am partial to the recipe used by the church I went to as a child.
Also, it is usually cooked all night outside under a shelter in a huge pot. People take turns stirring it all night, so it's ready to put in containers sometime the next morning.
I guess Brunswick stew must be more of a Southern tradition. Churches here typically make it in a huge pot and sell it by the quart as a fundraiser. The churches that do this usually have members who raise and donate the vegetables. I guess the main ingredient is tomatoes, along with beef or chicken, lima beans, corn, green beans, etc. It's ingredients are very similar to vegetable soup, except it is more tomato based and very thick. They are several variations, and some NC pork barbeque restaurants serve it as a side, but I am partial to the recipe used by the church I went to as a child.
Also, it is usually cooked all night outside under a shelter in a huge pot. People take turns stirring it all night, so it's ready to put in containers sometime the next morning.
@Tarheelgirl, that sounds wonderful.If you don't mind, I just posted an article, with pictures, about fall in the high mountains of West Virginia. http://shadetreeblogging.blogspot.com... (you will need to copy and paste, as I am doing this on the phone.).
I love the falls of the Rocky mountains, but was blown away by the fall weather where we lived in WV. We were in the middle of Eden. Wild fruit abounded all along the mountains, cherries, Apples, pears, persimmon, muscasdine, strawberries, huckleberries, black, blue, and raspberries, and the list goes on. Plants, herbs, and trees grow in the area that don't grow anywhere else.
Artisian springs abound, so there is never a loss for water and the wild life are so abundant that there is no lack of meat for the table. While the rest of the world suffered from the major calamaties of massive blackout and power outages, life continued to move on at its slow pace, as everyone had a pantry of canned goods and a spring within walking distance.
Okay, I think I am officially homesick. sob. lol And I just got off the phone with my dearest friend who lived at the very top of a mountain at the end of a narrow road on land that has been in the family since the area was first settled.
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I guess Brunswick stew must be more of a Southern tradition. Churches here typically make it in a ..."
Wow TarHeelGirl that sounds yummy and I love how people take turns stirring the pot all night.
I'm going to look for a recipe of course I won't be stirring all night but I bet it would taste good in a slow-cooker
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If you don't mind, I just posted an article, with pictures, about fall in the high mountains of West Virginia. http://shadetreeblogging.blogspot.com......"
Oh wow Karen I just read the post it's fabulous thank you for sharing it with us :)
When growing up fall was football season and time to rake leaves and pull up the garden. I much preferred spring with the bright greens and fresh smells.Now, I kind of like to go for a drive through northern Minnesota and see all fall colors, stop in the little shops in the little towns and have a hot chocolate or some fresh/smoked sausage. I like the steam thresher's reunions as well; they're like the state fair with the food and activities only not as hot out.
Kamas wrote: "When growing up fall was football season and time to rake leaves and pull up the garden. I much preferred spring with the bright greens and fresh smells.
Now, I kind of like to go for a drive thro..."
I had to google "steam thresher's reunion" to find out exactly what it was, but it sounds like fun. It's so interesting to learn new things about different areas.
Now, I kind of like to go for a drive thro..."
I had to google "steam thresher's reunion" to find out exactly what it was, but it sounds like fun. It's so interesting to learn new things about different areas.
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Now, I kind of like to go for a drive thro..."
Sounds like fun Kamas. I like Spring too it's just that usually we get one lovely Spring day then it's 90 LOL
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Zombie walks yikes. I live right next door to a cemetery ;)
Tarheelgirl, one of the biggest steam threshers shows is in Rollag, MN, about a half hour from me www.rollag.com where they feature much more than just the threshing crews. They've got steam trains of various sizes that you can ride, a steam shovel, and a bunch of steam engines on display and steam tractors on parade and in tractor pulls. They also have black smithing, a saw mill and a whole bunch of living history exhibits. They also have a secondary sight where they have plowing competitions. It's much, much bigger than back in western ND where they basically just had a couple of tractors and some crews demonstrating threshing. It's much more festive.When driving around western ND you can still see a bunch of the old, no longer used, threshing machines sitting on hills or on the edge of fields, but most are so rusted out now that trying to move them would likely destroy them.
But because of the crispness to the air, the cool nights and warm days and the colors oh boy the colors. So I thought I'd start a discussion about Autumn reading
does the changing of the seasons from Summer to Fall dictate changes in your reading habits?
What are some of your favorite fall reads?