After a few days of greyness and showers it was wonderful to finally wake up to a sunny day. It was even more wonderful that the sunny day happened to be on a Sunday, so I could enjoy it with Andrew and not have to look at it from the window at work. It was cold again though 0C/32F but as we haven’t had that many cold days this Autumn so far I really can’t grumble about that.
We decided on a stroll through some local woods after breakfast as it was too pretty not to do something with the morning. And everywhere did look glorious. There’s something about Autumn that makes my heart sing and it’s not just the colours. I love the earthy, slightly sweet smell of it, the low slanting sunlight through the leaves, the glorious blue sky, the crunchy leaves underfoot after a frost, the warmth of the sun on my face and the briskness of the air. I think I really love Autumn and Winter more than I do Spring and Summer in so many respects.
Back home we prepared a little treat to go with our morning coffee. We have a specialty food store near us called Trader Joe’s, it’s a national chain but there aren’t that many of them around, they have a lot of seasonal products and at this time of year it’s all about the pumpkin. We missed out on this last year so as soon as the products were in Andrew hot-footed it down to our local one and came back with these magical little beauties, Pumpkin Croissants! Found in the frozen section in packs of four you let them prove and defrost overnight and then bake them for 20 minutes when you want them. They do need to cool a bit before eating as they have a soft pumpkinny filling that will probably burn if eaten too hot, but oh my, I can see why these sold out in a matter of days at our local store last year. We need to get some more of these and stash them for when the snow is flying.
Absolutely perfect with a cup of coffee.
For those of you with a Trader Joe’s within a 100 mile radius of your home I suggest a little road trip might be in order… but for those of you in countries without one, I’m sorry. I’d pack my bags and move to America if I were you. They really are that good! Chin, chin.
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Couldn’t agree with you more about Autumn Brenda. Thanks for showing some beautiful jewel-like pictures of your local woods.
Mmmm, salivating at the thought of that croissant! Sounds perfect with a decent cup of coffee.
Hugs, Sarn xxx
We discovered and loved Trader Joe’s during a stay in Palm Springs, in fact I brought back a little cotton shopping bay with the name on it but one day I lost it. So I have every reason to visit but I don’t actually want to move again for many years not even for Joe.
I love autumn and winter most of all too Brenda. Wonderful pictures and looks a lot like where we live. I do think our colors have peeked and we have not had a frost yet. From the number of acorns down, I would say we will have a cold winter.
Sandy xx
So glad you tipped me off about these photos – what a glorious day you had walking in the woods – just stunning results. Thank you.
Just a quick note I read your posts (weekly summary) regularly, but don’t have much time to comment. I loved your socks, the sparkly autumn card, (a pile of things that might be useful – I think I have several now, and if I am not careful, almost anything ends up in it!) the pink christmas cards are great, and these pictures are beautifull too! Just stunning.