Autumn Musings

I had been hoping to resume my autumn trip(s) to Upstate NY this year, after having missed it due to Covid 19. Unfortunately I had to shatter my ankle, which would have made travel hard, and I don't yet qualify for the vaccine booster. Given all of that, we decided to call off the trip, much to my sadness.

Today Mom called and told me that this was a good year to miss the trip. Trees have been going from green directly to brown and losing their leaves, and it looks bleak. She'll try to get me pictures if she can see any color whatsoever. The reasons apparently boil down to climate change and a very wet year (if only they could give us in NM some of their water).

I still wish I could have gone, but now the regret isn't quite so acute. And I feel ghoulish for even thinking of their loss as a net positive.

Pumpkins!

Not home-grown, sadly, but pie pumpkins are finally showing up in stores. The grocery delivery person picked out one very small, one medium, and one large enough that I'm half-wondering if it was a carving pumpkin someone picked up, decided against, and set down in the wrong place. There were no tags on any of them. Anyway, I rendered the large one and got enough pureed pulp for three pies. I plan on making the first of the three this weekend, unless the temptation to take one to a friend's house becomes too high, and freezing the other two.