fall favorites

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So there was this post about everything that I was looking forward to for fall. Here are those things in action. I really am loving the adjust of this season as well as this season in my life. A new home, a new journey, a new me. 

[boots with high socks]

[early morning view off my porch]

[fallen leaves]

[hot midday treat(ment)s]

[cuddling up with my favorite throws]

[painted fall vine]

sick grey days...

This is what happens when you're home sick for two days straight: lots of time on the computer, heaps of tissue, reading a book full of wisdom, lots of tea (with tags of genius insight), finding the little things (yellow mums in this case) that makes you happy around the house, eating lots of soup that the husband brings home for you, watching movies on Netflix Live like [pelada], a documentary about pick up soccer games in 25 countries around the world, and lots of work updating real life work things on the computer that I never have time to get around to.

the fruit of the farmers market

As promised in this post, I'm ready to deliver on the "fruit" of what I purchased at last weeks farmers market. I love having fresh flowers around. It always brightens the whole room, and my whole mood. Also, having ingredients straight from the farmers always inspires me to make something new and wholesome. The deliciousness of my fall farmers...

[a full vase in the front window...ahhhh]

[the pink, yellow, green combo is so bright and happy]

[a floating flower is the perfect solution to a broken blossom]

[an unbelievably delightful piece of whole grain toast with peanut butter,
a swirl of nutella, and crumbles of my raw cashews]

[my crispy, crunchy, juicy pear, sharp cheddar cheese and a small dish of cashews]

[how can you deny those freckles?]

[prep of my pluots with a gorgeous dish my amazing sis made]

[the flesh of the pluots are amazingly saturated in color]

[dinosaur egg & flavor king pluots, crumbles of goat cheese, fresh blueberries, raw walnuts,
and a drizzle of reduced balsamic (the best addition to most things)]

[a beautifully glazed dish and a glaze of reduced balsamic]

[mmm...this was the favorite of my creations]

All-in-all, I was so happy and delighted with the way my snacks came out. There is nothing better than wanting something to eat and wanting a quick snack and being able to walk into the kitchen and come out with something this delicious. 

fall farmers market

There is not much that I don't love about a farmers market. I love that I can find everything fresh for my week; dips & snacks, fruit, veggies, and flowers. One of the things that I really love is that over the past few years as more farmers markets have sprung up, giving more opportunity to shop at them, I have been able to learn about what each season brings locally. It has made the changing of seasons even more enjoyable to know that my favorite fruits and flowers of the season are on there way. 

I wanted to share some of things that I grabbed over at the farmers market today. And, either tomorrow or Monday I will share how I used them. It's just the beginning of fall which means it is just the beginning of finding delicious ways to use what's fresh right now. 

Fruit at the farmers:

[crispy & juicy d'anjou pears] 

[crunchy fuji apples]

White nectarines are, by far, my favorite fruit of them all.  Every summer when they come out I am excited to buy and eat them fresh from the farmers and as every fall approaches I contemplate freezing some to use in recipes year round. The problem is I cannot seem to wrap my head around freezing something that is so beautiful fresh. Anyway, having to come to terms with the fact that white nectarines have now gone out of season here is eased by the fact that as they have gone out of season, pluots have come in. A pluot is a hybrid of a plum and an apricot. 

[pluots by the dozen]

Flowers:

Veggies at the farmers:

[all types of squash]

I came home with:

[dahlias, which I LOVE & mums, which last forever]

[a bowl full of fresh produce]

[mexican squash (top left), eight ball squash (in front), and sweet white corn]

[left to right: flavor king pluots, dinosaur pluots (most likely named after the speckles on the skin), d'anjou pears & chinese dates]

it's friday and fall?

Wait a minute! It's already Friday? How'd that happen? Oh, and what's that? It's fall already too? Holy moly!

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