We live near a beautiful park with gorgeous trees and the leaves are falling, which reminds me that I need to pick some up to make a fall decoration. I just told my boyfriend I want to get a pumpkin, I may carve it maybe not
England is in the middle of Autumn, we have golden leaves, frosty mornings and milky autumn sunshine. I will post some photos later of Autumn in England.
I've seen that done also but don't know how they do it. Maybe a craft book would have some information.[QUOTE=Jan Lucinda]6t5-
Well we have cabbage rolls, rolladen (similar to pot roast but more with a tomato type gravy) Christmas stollen (bread), spatzle, there are more but I have had a tough week and my brain is stuck Dalma-
What is Croatian food similar to?
Well kind of in between Greek and Italian, we eat a lot of fish, we have our own national dishes according to region, I am originally from the Dalmatian coast, now I am living on the Continent as they call it here
You can press fall leaves between sheets of newspaper (not colored, it doesn't absorb the moisture fast enough) in a large book, probably should choose a book you don't care too much about. I press wildflowers and sell them in a couple of different formats, bookmarkers and framed. Old books with thick pages are the best, only a couple of sheets of paper and leaves in each book, with lots of empty pages in between. Put the book with the leaves on the bottom of a stack of books to weigh the bottom book down or set something heavy on the book with the leaves. Let them sit for at least 2 weeks for the newspaper to draw all the moisture out. You can put a little dab of glue on the leaf and set it on paper to hold it in the frame, don't hang them in dirrect sunlight because it will fade the leaves faster. There's also a method where you dry them in sand, but most people have the stuff to press them in books. You can buy flower presses to do the same job, but you have to keep tightening the wing nuts and with my method the weight of the books just keeps pressing the moisture out on its own. Forget about them for a couple of weeks and it's done on it's own. Don't choose leaves with heavy stems, or trim them, they will hold up the pressing.Interesting hobbies girls, sounds like fun.
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AchingAudrey2008-11-30 21:51:39I do love mulled apple cider and going on walks swishing through the leaves! And this weekend I think we may be doing something I have not done before - going to a huge corn maze. I may have to pack a few flares in case we get hopelessly lost in there!
I also love buying fresh apples right from the orchard. They are so crisp and tart - not like the mushy ones at the grocery store.
Very windy again here today. Autumn activity: dealing with the wind!!!!!!!! Oh well. Spring will come.You can preserve the leaves by pressing them between old book pages until dry and then put between two sheets of wax paper place a dish cloth over the top and press with a warm iron, the wax from the paper will leave a coating on the leaves. We used to use this method in a craft class i went to.
Like Australia, we are in the middle of Spring. My favourite seasons are Autumn and Spring...not too hot or cold. Just right. Kind of like Goldilocks porridge got to be.
I took a few photos in my garden a week or so ago and will post them as ETA's because when I leave a reply Im doing and come back, the whole darned reply has disappeared!
Anyways, there are beautiful freesias out in abundance and the smell is almost overpowering and I cant sleep with them in the bedroom. My camellias are starting to lose their freshness now and most blossom is falling from the fruit trees. My Meyer lemons and grapefruit are tasting wonderful..in fact, I eat the lemons right off the tree. Just got to get some heirloom tomato plants in the ground, I buy them at a reasonable size so failure isnt usually gonna happen!
Enjoy your Autumn/Fall everyone, I love that it is nature going into hibernation for a bit and come Spring everything is born again.... fresh, new and vibrant. I will be making some spiced pumpkin muffins to celebrate your season.
BTW, someone asked about preserving leaves and I believe you can do it with gylcerine. Check out Martha Stewarts site, she will have info. I have a book of hers that is on wreath making etc and used one method with leaves off our Magnolia tree. Turned out very well but was not with preserved leaves.
Away to get my photos!!.....
LyndeeNZ2008-10-22 17:48:49http://www.marthastewart.com/article/preserving-leaves?autonomy_kw=preserving%20leaves&rsc=image_1
This is Martha's recipe for preserving leaves. Hmmmmm...I must give that a go sometime.
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AchingAudrey2008-11-30 21:51:58Apple cider from the local orchard and beautiful crisp days with bright blue skies and beautiful leaves changing. And pumpkins of course!
Our city is starting a bigger Octoberfest this year that we will go to...should be fun!
Hate to be a downer but Autumn to me means ragweed and sneezing. A cold snap of weather that means winter is around the corner... Dark when you get up, dark when you are coming home from work-depressing.
I don't care for it.
I love to carve the pumpkins and then roast the seeds. They are so good! I also like to take drives in the country (which is all around me). I decorated my porch with (fake) leaf swags and scarecrows and pumpkins. I let the kids carve the pumpkins, too hard on the hands. Love this time of year. One of my other favorites.....fried green tomatoes. This time of year I also make them because the tomato plants are dying out and it's getting colder. Loved the movie too. THe wind has abated. Nice crisp fall day today. Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[QUOTE=wanttobeRAfree]Hate to be a downer but Autumn to me means ragweed and sneezing. A cold snap of weather that means winter is around the corner... Dark when you get up, dark when you are coming home from work-depressing.
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