Happy Fall!

 

This might be me...

Love, from Texas!

Thanksgiving Blessings

Praying your Thanksgiving Journey is covered in Grace...

 

May you find moments of joy and love no matter where the road takes you.

 

Love Always, Jane

 

 

Welcome Fall...

 

 

"Autumn, the Year's last,

Loveliest Smile."

 

                              ~ William Cullen Bryant

 

Grace Break...Fall-Style

Crisp morning air

sunrise breathed dew...

Come away and enjoy this Grace Break Today.

Nothing lifts my soul like

a walk in the woods with Autumn!

May your weekend be filled with Grace-Beauty all around.

My Love,  Jane

Pie Bliss

Some weekends are just made for...  PIE!!!

And not just your ordinary, pluck-it-from-the-freezer, pop-it-in-the-oven kind of pie.  But the real-deal!  Well, ok, pie crust is freezer-perfect, but the rest... my mouth is watering all over again just thinking about it!

It all started out with the cool front coming in this weekend.  And by cool front, I mean, we went from 89 on Friday to mid-40's this morning... Yikes, stoke up the wood-stove, get out the mittens.  And then we remembered the tomato plants...

 

Luscious, Red, Vine-Ripened, Kissed by the Dew Tomatoes.

Is there anything better?

 

Well, actually....

 

 

Juicy, Green, Beautiful Fruit-on-the-Vine Tomatoes.

With no time to Ripen before the frost!

 

Mother-in-law extraordinaire to the rescue

with her ageless Green Tomato Pie Recipe.

Amazing transformation of these rescued green tomatoes...

 

 

Green Tomato Pie

                                            ~ compliments of Millie,

                                                          favorite mom-in-law

 

1 double pie crust

Filling:

1-1/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup + 3 Tbsp flour

1-1/4 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

4 cups sliced and quartered green tomatoes

1-1/4 tsp grated lemon peel

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 Tbsp butter, cut into small pieces

 

Mix filling together, pour into crust, dab with butter, cover with top crust.

Flute edges of crust together, cut slits in top.

Bake at 425 for 45 minutes.

Enjoy!

 

 Mmmmmm, mouth-watering yummy....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously, how can something green taste so good?!

Seconds, please...

 

 

Pie Bliss on the Farm this weekend.

 

Out-smarting the cold snap in the most delicious of ways!

 

The Feathers of Fall

There are the usual signs that Fall's coming...

 

brilliant colors adorning the landscape

 

 

and bright yellow buses announcing the return of school!

 

Here on the farm, Fall gently floats to ground in beautiful, colorful gifts of fluff!

 

 

As daylight shortens, and evenings grow cooler, our Peacocks begin their annual molt.  Each morning as we head out for our chores, we find the signs of Fall coming....in Feather Bounty.  We love our Peacock family and delight in their antics, but we are simply enchanted by Mr. Peacock's regal train.  Gorgeous and lush. Reason enough for him to be Proud and Cocky.  He's handsome and he knows it!

 

 

But beware. Pride goes before the Fall...

 

 

 

As Fall nears, how the Proud are humbled!

 

And what a gift he leaves for us...

 

 

 

 

Fall is coming...Preparing us for Winter

 

And then Spring!

 

Don't worry, he'll be back and better than ever!

 

 

Graced by the Feathers of Fall this day...