Monday 3 October 2011

Simple Autumnal Pleasures {multitudes on monday}

simple Autumnal pleasures...

apples baking
their lingering sweet musk steeping
the house in hearth warmth
and memories
that wrap a soul in cotton dishcloth
place it close to it's kin
in thin wicker baskets brimming
anticipation...


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to make:
core some whole apples. place them in a baking pan filled to about a centimeter with water. Put half a teaspoon of honey and half a teaspoon of butter inside the cored centers then sprinkle with a little cinnamon. Place in a hot oven till the skins have burst and the fruit is soft.
Perfect served on it's own as a warming Autumn tea time treat or with a scoop of ice-cream for pudding.

boo by the fairy garden

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Even the fading blooms bring their own fragrance, their own beauty, their own wisdom.

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Some others speak memories of summer.

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The little garden spiders, each one named and known by my little girls, just keep spinning, spinning, spinning. A silent world of life within a world of life.

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and the leaves from the sycamore just keep falling.
one
by
one.
faint
mute
swelling with a secret
spring,
glowing gold within
their fragile skin.

autumn leaf and spiderweb

..and speaking of autumn... here is a lovely little autumnal poem by one of this years national trust competition winners...

enjoy :)

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By Emma Lister


It’s really something” -
standing out of the sunroof,
we are not dead yet.
In November, we’ve valleys,
houses leaning, nestled
among those fields
outlined in hedgerows -
and the trees are wet under
miserable sky.
Grow tall, leaves. Unfold.
Bring a cowlick of summer -
with meadows, poppies -
When you lie back down,
the grass curls over your face
and there’s a heavy
bee; autumn is kind
to him. The water in springs
tastes like last winter.

8 comments:

  1. Another beautiful post Suzy. Thank you for sharing the baked apple recipe, I think I will surprise my guys tonight! I hope you enjoy this beautiful day. xx

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  2. The pairing of images and words is lovely, Suzy.

    Thank you for sharing your baked apple recipe.

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  3. Gorgeous post, and the poem is lovely too. Thank you for reminding me of baked apples! I haven't done that for a long time. Have a happy week, Suzy!

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  4. A lovely portrait of autumn. Thanks for sharing it, Suzy.

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  5. Gorgeous poem Suzy, stunning actually, thanks for sharing it :). And I love that your daughter(s) have their quiet spots and sacred moments. It speaks volumes about the values you've help instill in them :). And baked apples with cinnamon are one of my fall staple desserts, thanks for sharing your recipe ;).
    xo

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  6. A beautiful place you've created here with lovely photographs. Glad to have found you.

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  7. the apples look so amazing, and so is the light on your daughter's hair.

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  8. Hope all is well with you, I thought you might like a little award:

    http://trying-to-find-me.blogspot.com/2011/11/versatile-blogger-award.html

    Praying for you and your family x.

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