Musings on design & other stuff jen's place

It's Fall in new England ... the very best season that this part of the country has to offer. So Saturday, we went apple picking (we got a peck of Cortland), and selected our Halloween pumpkins. I still need to get a dozen or so mums and put them in the ground. It's unseasonably warm -- this was the first year that the boys could carve their pumpkins outdoors.

We just put an apple pie in the oven. It took two trips to the convenience store: first for sugar, and then for cornstarch and butter. Oh well, it's made now. Tom also made apple pancakes Sunday morning, and we roasted pumpkin seeds -- there are really only a couple of things to know about making good pumpkin seeds: use more salt than you think you'll need, and put a piece of parchment between the seeds and the cookie sheet. Then put them in a 350-degree oven until they are light brown. Yum ...