Still some flowers, almost November.

Dark red dahlia in my garden

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When the sun comes out, even the simplest leaves are beautiful in their autumn glory.

Blueberry bush with red autumn leaves, and green fern in the background

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Hydrangeas are so beautiful, all summer long and maybe even more so in the fall as their colors change and intensify.

Purple hydrangeas in the fall garden

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This was my first try of a recipe for Apple Tart in the wonderful book The Apprentice, or at least the filling is. I used a Fred Meyer frozen pie crust, and yellow apples from my tree. It was GREAT even if I baked it a bit too long. Filling recipe: Core and cut about 4 golden delicious apples (2 lbs.) into 1.5″ pieces. Arrange like spokes in a wheel on pie dough. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of cold unsalted butter, in pieces. Bake at 425 for one hour or until golden. (This was too long or too hot, but that’s an easy fix.) The flavor and texture was superb. It was so quick and easy, too!

Freshly baked apple tart, French recipe.

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Went outside a couple of days ago and picked tomatoes and chard. Love this warm fall we are having.

Garden vegetables in a basket

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These are Korean dogwood leaves, in my front yard.

Curvy Korean dogwood leaves starting to turn color, up close

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Flowers fascinate me.

Very dark burgundy dahlia and pale one in a small bouquet

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The cosmos reseed most years and the dahlias come back, too. Lucky me!

Pink cosmos and dahlias, and super dark dahlias, in a bouquet

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Our red table-grape vine has been in the ground two or three years now. This year, with the warm weather, the vine has earned its keep. Side note: These grapes appear to be Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2015, Marsala.

Most of the seedless grapes picked today. So sweet!

Delicious red seedless grapes from my backyard vine

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Hydrangeas are beautiful for such a long season.

Purple and blue tones in hydrangea petals in early fall on a sunny afternoon

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