Blogs Posts on "Autumn"

All-In-One Holiday Bundt Cake (TWD) by Une Gamine dans la Cuisine on Nov 22, 2009I know, it isn't Tuesday and this is not a bundt cake. So what's going on? Well, quite a lot. I have been without my computer for almost 2 weeks...two very long weeks. It still isn't back to normal. My linksys box threw a temper tantrum and refuses t...

2009 in the garden : the verdict by A View from Carmine Superiore on Nov 22, 2009Yesterday was caressingly warm in the sun, and wet, wet, wet in the garden.It may be late November, and the children may already be counting down to Chrismas, but in the garden there still is plenty going on. Planted yesterday were ten Tulipa altaica...

Tufted Titmouse--Singing in the Rain by Vickie Henderson Art on Nov 22, 2009If someone were to ask me, why do you love birds so much? I might have to answer, have you ever met a Tufted Titmouse?Today is a cold, rainy November day, the kind of day we expect to have this time of year in east Tennessee. But after yesterday's br...

Carpeting the earth by Kulanthapitha (Kullu) : The end of habitable world on Nov 20, 2009Trees sheding their leaves, covering the ground to protect it from winter frost.Its amazing the circle that nature has created. These leaves will protect soil form damage caused by frost and then will compose and add up to the soil nutrients. Which w...

Ah, Assam! by Tea Time with A.C. Cargill on Nov 20, 2009Not to toot my own horn too much, but I have quite an international flair to my life, starting with getting to know exchange students from various countries at university, along with the spicy cuisine of their native lands. In later years, I learned...

AUTUMN IN THE ORANGERY by GREEN AND STYLISH on Nov 19, 2009Let's take a sneak view into the orangery of Schloss Kasel:Above you can see the temporary boardroom. The wooden floors are painted pure white as are the walls providing a bright and airy canvas for the antique oil paintings and mainly contemporary f...

A Divine Bird ! by Arts and Herbs on Nov 19, 2009My camera is to humble to take pictures of birds, but this buzzard crosses my path so often that I had to give it a try.

Saffron and Honey Glazed Root Vegetables by eCurry on Nov 18, 2009Fall is one of the special times of the year. The vibrant colors, the sparkling sun (which is very very soothing after the the burning summer sun of Texas), the light breeze with an occasional nip which reminds you that winter is not far away but at...

On the way by A View from Carmine Superiore on Nov 18, 2009A marvellous, marvellous, heart-lifting day at Lago Maggiore! Sunshine, warmth, drifts of white mist, the blue shapes of the hills and mountains beyond. And the yellows, russets and reds of the dying leaves. This morning AJ said that in his considere...

What to do with myself by brycewordsfromjapan on Nov 18, 2009Work has been ridiculously slow over the last couple of weeks due to illness and exams. Because of the H1N1 virus, any classroom that has 10% of its students away due to illness, is to be closed. Each class has 40 students in it, so if 5 students are...