ME II: Autumn at last

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Today it really felt like Fall. The sun was warm but your nose stayed cold (and a little runny) and your fingertips were chilly. It was the first day so far this season that it felt like Fall more or less completely. The trees are starting to turn more and more each day. The sun is tipping into the southern slant.

We ate Emily's oysters (YAY!) and had leftover soup for dinner and had a nice walk on the Western Prom for the sunset. It was so clear we could see the White Mountains which are mostly in New Hampshire and on the edge of Western Maine. Pretty simple wonderful day. It's felt like Friday nearly all day but tomorrow is another work day that is jam-packed.

I love it here and I think I might be a tiny homesick. I miss you all. I miss my kitchen. I miss the fog. I miss Mt. Tam. That said, everything is wonderful here too and the slower pace and kindness people treat each other with are nourishing for the spirit.

I mentioned a few days ago that I got a new cookbook that is about Ukraine and the cooking culture and the relationship with the land. Many of it is recipes are of many years ago and harken back to a simpler time with memories and research. The author is trying to capture those skills and stories. It is a very fun book and the photography is amazing. It brings home the terribleness of this war.

asparagus going to seed in morning light
The mighty asparagus plant in the morning slanty light all lit up as if it were in a spotlight.
Cobwebs and halloween decorations cover a bush
It's beginning to look a lot like Halloween.
green bean pole that is 2 feet wide by 8 feet tall
Green bean post.
echinacea seed heads
Exquisite design.
looking down a street and across a body of water at oil tanks
View looking downhill at the river and across to South Portland.
Tiger cat with a white chest in front of a stair
Cats of Portland.
Bright yellow trees amidst green ones
Yellow!
Red leaves on trees
Red!
dove gray sky with crescent moon and telephone wires running into dark gray clouds at the horizon
Dove gray sky with a crescent moon.
sunset over a body of water
Another beautiful sunset.
orange sky with mountains in gray and a black landscape below
Those gray mountains off in the distance are the White Mountains of New Hampshire that are also across the border a little in Western Maine.
sunset
That exotic plant there is a Staghorn Sumac. They grow everywhere here.
dark remains of a sunset with the moon overhead
Good Night.

The world is full of great beauty just look around.

Sending love, Tawnia

And don't forget that there are birds:

  1. Black-capped Chickadee
  2. House Sparrow
  3. Downy Woodpecker
  4. European Starling
  5. Rock Pigeon
  6. Herring Gull
  7. Gray Catbird
  8. Northern Mockingbird
  9. White-throated Sparrow
  10. American Robin