Baking and Mugs

 

At just 15C this morning it really felt like Fall.  Thursdays usually mean grocery shopping and we did that first thing.  Can you tell what I'm planning to bake next? 

 Yesterday I took out all 26 of my mugs ( I have quite a collection).  I recently acquired 2 more so I forced myself to put 3 in the thrift store box that is my ongoing donation box.

 The one below was given to me on Sunday by GD Kate.

 Look what's written in the bottom inside the mug?  Isn't that the sweetest?

I picked this one up at the thrift store when I took the last box in.  It has white polka dots on the blue  interior and the mug itself is super large. Was it C S Lewis who said that in his opinion there couldn't be a cup too big  him?   He would have liked this one.

 

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A Peaceful Autumn Day

 I think doing more baking  is a sure sign of Fall and cooler days. I had bananas that were very ripe and needed using so when we came home from our walk I mixed up a batch of Chocolate Chip Banana muffins adding cocoa to make them even better!!

 

 While on our walk I noticed a tree which is blooming now. I'm not good at identifying trees and would like to know what this one is. DH broke off a twig and we brought it home but I didn't manage to find out anything from my book on B.C. trees and flowers.  The tree is quite large. If I remember I'll take a picture of it tomorrow.

 

When Shannon  was over on Thursday we took a stroll around the back garden and she noticed a grasshopper. She sent me the picture of it ( we don't see many grasshoppers here in town.)

As you can tell there was little to blog about this morning. Life is delightfully slow.

 

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Two Recipes, a Walk, and a Full Moon

 

 It's cooler today; hopefully we've seen the last of the 30C degree weather.  We had a lovely walk at Willband this morning. I wore a cardigan when we set out but soon took it off. So beautifully cool.

 

photo by another walker

Once we got back home we decided what we were going to bake. Since we had both fresh peaches and pears that we would make an Impossible Peach Pie  and a Pear Custard pie. The recipe for the peach pie is actually called Rhubarb Impossible Pie ( of course it works with any fruit) and this particular site is Noshing with the Nolands. For the pear pie I chose the recipe from Dinner at the Zoo.  (Someday I may actually learn how to insert a link).

 

 The moon is not totally full until tomorrow night but it looked amazing last night. I didn't get a picture but if you were able to see it I'm sure you were also impressed. Often it happens that we have cloudy skies and I don't get to enjoy the full moon  but last night no clouds obscured the view.

 

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Mostly about Flowers

 

 Daylight is falling earlier and earlier.  The Autumn evenings are no longer a busy time of watering after the heat of the day. I think we reached 25C by mid afternoon but it didn't seem overly warm.
The moon tonight is that dark orange that it gets when the air is full of smoke.  Still 3 days until full moon. That should be quite a sight.

The Sedum 'Autumn Joy' is slowly changing colour.

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 This bee was so intent on its task at hand that I was able to get so close to it and it didn't fly away.

 Sedum 'Postman's Pride' has completely coloured up. I like the raspberry colour of it.
Not only are its flowers a different colour its leaves are also slightly different from those of 
Autumn Joy.

Japanese Anemone "September Charm" is still looking good in spite of losing flowers as they age.
 

 Under a rugosa rose in a most inconvenient corner there is a Japanese anemone  which I think is 'Party Doll'. There used to be a clump of them but they are not as hardy nor do they hold themselves up the way Sept Charm do. 

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Morning Glory

 

What a lovely surprise to find another Morning Glory that is very different. As you can see it is not only bigger than the other flowers but a totally different colour. 

 This is the one I found a week or so ago. I'm beginning to believe the packet of seeds I chose had a few odd seeds. Not that I mind in the least 🌸🌸🌸

I found this cute picture and decided to include it but really it makes very little difference to those of us who are retired whether it's Wednesday or Friday.  It is going to be hot again so I'm off to do a bit of tidying in the garden then I'll sit on the porch with a fan keeping me cool until it gets too warm.

 

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Labour Day

It's Labour Day and most people are having a lovely long weekend.  Labour Day or not I did laundry.
Thankfully it's cooler today and since Youngest Son has the day off  he's coming over to do some much needed tidying in the garden.  The Phlox are mostly finished blooming. That's one of the jobs I'm hoping he'll do ( cut them all down to the ground).  I cut some stems that still had good blooms and put them in an old pitcher which I put outside. Phlox are lovely but they drop petals like crazy.

 

 I don't make Beef Stew very often any more. It was always a big hit when I used to make it for the family, with dumplings on top!!  It's one of those recipes that you make when there's just two of you and you eat it for days. But I'm making some today since it's cool enough for an oven supper. I  bought beets yesterday and I'll roast them in the oven at the same time as the stew simmers away.

 

I haven't mentioned Gleaners for a while. They got a load of different vegetables and posted a photo which I've grabbed to show you how the excess vegetables arrive. Aren't they colourful?  I'm so glad they are no longer destined for some compost bin.  Instead the result will be dried soup mix for countries that need them badly.
 

 

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End of August

 

 

 It's a very pleasant 24C   75F  which is quite comfortable. A heat wave is forecast for this week so it is obvious that summer has not given way to Fall just yet.
We had a lively game of Dominoes ( Mexican Train) in which Kate seemed to have very good luck and ended up the winner. Now they've gone home and I must go make some supper for us two oldies.
I just wanted to post a Good-Bye to August.  See you in September.

 

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