Yesterday I talked about the approach of Autumn, the falling leaves, the wind and rain. Today, well this morning to be precise, we decided to cut the grass. It had been done a couple of days before my trip to Canada which would be the 3rd or 4th August, almost a month ago so it was about ready to be cut again. The problem we’ve had is that it has been raining a lot lately so cutting grass was out of the question. This morning the wind had died down and it was dry! Golden opportunity to mow the lawn, so that’s what we did! A couple of hours later and it is raining again. Make hay whilst the sun shines can almost be applied literally here. Before I could mow the lawn however I had to remove some fallen apples. We have quite a few different fruits growing in our garden, apples, plums, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb and strawberries growing in pots. We have tomatoes too! So……..I mowed the lawn and went into the house. My ex. followed later after gathering blackberries and the apples I’d picked up plus a couple more and dumped them in the kitchen sink. Well I thought about making an apple pie but there were insufficient apples. I could have plucked some from the tree of course but there were blackberries too. I washed the blackberries and peeled and chopped the apples and pre-cooked them ready to go in a pie. Not an apple pie but an apple and blackberry pie. Trouble was I didn’t feel like making pastry so I opted to make a crumble topping instead. After a short while in the oven it was ready to eat. Delicious! With custard, delicious but I must watch my waistline…LOL
Shirley Anne x
