Up Early

[stevekenson]

I'm up unusually early this morning, because Christopher and I were just beat last night and went to bed fairly early. He's still sleeping in, which is good, since he has his Mabon ritual at Unicorn tonight.

I'm trying out iJournal, a new (to me) LJ client for OS X to see how it works out. I'm pretty much all about software that makes things easier and does the grunt work rather than having to learn a lot of HTML and programming code myself. Thus far, I like it (we'll see how things go when I actually post...).

Our coven ritual is tomorrow night and I need to go to the store for some ingredients. I'm trying out a new bread recipie as well as making the Famous Pumpkin Soup (of eyeofnewt2000 and svyyn) by request. I made it for Samhain last year, but David told me he could have it every holiday!

I love Fall weather, and Fall cooking. Yesterday's heat broke and it's supposed to be in the 70s during the day for a while. Leaves are already turning in some places. It's getting to be time for apple and pumpkin pies, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and my Mom's fabulous Thanksgiving Dinner (which we won't miss this year... yay!). Plus the Green Mountain Pumpkin Spice coffee is available again. I think I'm gonna go make some, in fact.

Comments

Re: NO NO NO!

[xomec.livejournal.com]

hehe ... funny thing is, I'm not a big fan of winter myself: I'm not into any winter sports (don't ski, snowboard, etc.), I don't like the cold, and I prefer my snow on the other side of a pane of glass. Yet on those occasions when I've lived in places that have no winter to speak of, I still miss it. Of course, that doesn't mean I couldn't do with a little less of it. If winter was just December and January, I'd be okay with that. (Hell, if winter in NH would end in March I'd be okay with it...).

Re: NO NO NO!

[gillshallows.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that winter was "postcard pretty". Nice to look at , but to much with the cold and wet.
Ironicly, I lived in Minnesota for 10 years.

Re: NO NO NO!

[garan-du.livejournal.com]

I actually used to do some cross-country skiing when I was younger (and when we had real Winters, as opposed to the frozen mud that global warming has gifted us with). There is something absolutely serene and spiritual about breaking a trail through fresh snow in the heart of a Winter wood. And to sit in front of a crackling fire afterwards...oh Gods.

Re: NO NO NO!

[lonespiritwolf2.livejournal.com]

Living in California, I totally miss winters and the snow. *BUT* when I get into it my joy lasts approximately 1 hour and then I'm through with it.

But it's one of the myriad of reasons why we want to move somewhere, where there are more seasons.

Just wanted to pop in and say hi!

Re: NO NO NO!

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

I feel the very same way. I absolutely love fall, but could stand to deal with much less winter than we tend to get in Delaware (which seems to stretch from December to April sometimes).

Pumpkin soup sounds fantastic. It's something I've wanted to try cooking myself, but haven't yet. This week's soup will be split pea.