Driving over to pick up Eden this afternoon the warm sunshine belied the fact that we should be having autumnal temperatures but in fact, we are having 20 degrees celsius as opposed to 14 which is the norm for this time of year and it is likely to remain this way over the weekend.
The warm weather also encouraged a lot of people to finish work early and head for the holiday spots because the traffic was dreadful and there were a lot of caravans on the road too. When you get stuck behind one of these, there's no way of getting past and the drivers will insist on driving slowly past the best views so that the missus can have a good look!
All the trees are bedecked in their autumnal shades of yellows, oranges, rusty brown and even some reds. There is a wall at Claverton which is covered with Virginia creeper and at the moment it is a rich ruby red colour so looks quite spectacular.
I might have known the weather would warm up because I put the thicker duvets on the beds this week and have baked every night since! The other thing I did was to buy a butternut squash at the farmer's market to make some soup with Eden tomorrow because she really likes it. We will try not to eat it all and I will put the recipe and hopefully a photo on the blog tomorrow.
Hi Grandma!
ReplyDeleteVirginia Creeper is really pretty. We're looking forward to having a nice warm weekend here too. The trees are really starting to change colors. Ray's gonna take us to the lake tomorrow so we can take some pics.
Looking forward to the butternut squash soup recipe too. I still have a few left to do something with.
Enjoy your weekend with Eden!
Hi Robin!
ReplyDeleteWe had a great time making the soup and it was really good even though I found out that creme fraiche does not 'swirl' and coriander from the freezer doesn't sprinkle well. This had Eden in stitches but we enjoyed the end results:D
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