For most of the people the summer ends when kids go to school. Farmers prep for the harvesting, all sorts of tractors and combines are running on highways going from one field to another. Everything changes suddenly. Just yesterday there was everything flowery and green, now swallows gathering for last rounds here, checking if everyone has learned to fly properly, excercising. 

Smell. Smell of mushrooms and rain. Quiet. Just like mellow evening, candlelight, quiet music, nice book. Apples, plums. Applepie season. I make killer Parisien apple pie. Oh, I need to make one now. It’s beyond delicious and I make it for my cafeteria every autumn. Actually I make two because one of them disappeares before reaching the cafeteria :). This year I will have cafeteria open for few more days in September. Did not manage to put in the running water and WC and bathrooms and so on. Hell with that. I am not in hurry either. 

Sudden heavy rain pouring down makes all people run into my cafe and as it’s weird just standing there – especially as nobody knows when the rain is about to end – everyone lines up in the queue and for good thirty minutes I hand out cakes, macroons, and keep on doing one coffee after another. All while explaining what sort of a building is this and to few entitled guests I tell the truth about hunted house…. That rainy situation makes me happy as everyone turns to hot coffee or cocoa or tea. I sell everything out by the lunch hour. Fix up few more quiches, one with bacon, another with sundried tomatoes and smoked chicken. They need some 30 minutes in the owen so when they come out they are practically sold already. Oh, I love me a rainy day! I can soothe all pain away with hot chocolate and steamy pie!

Searching now for some good pumpkin receipes, for the last cafe. Sort of going to be almost Halloween theme there. Love autumn, when everything is ready to pick, apples, plums, mushrooms!!! Forgot about mushrooms! I went few times this year, had a blast! I am most fascinated of the smells and sounds in forests, and eating away with various wildberries. Hunter gatherers 🙂

Prepping my garden for the spring already. Dug up majority of the bulbs of tulips and now remains to find the alliums too. I have to replant them so in spring my flowerbeds will be perfect. Few times to mow the lawn yet and the snow can come. Saw the babies of the wild cats too, one of the mums brought hers to sleep on my balcony, nicely on pillows ;). Three stripy tigers. I hope somebody will catch them and take home. I sure have no space for more cats, even though I would love to get them all off from the streets. Unfortunately. 

With that note.

Stay warm and stay cool,