Ciao Autunno... Hello Autumn...

Time flies when you're  having fun but this is crazy... September is close to being over and Fall is here.   Loving the cooler mornings and evenings and the smell of Fall in the air.  It smells different at this new place... more outdoorsy... Love that!  As I do each year on the first day of Autumn,  I made a pie... Pumpkin this time,   classic,   and with my usual embellishment of hand cut leaves.  This pie is the first Fall dessert of the season with many more to come.  We celebrated Jody's Birthday here,  with the girls... lots of fun.  I made lunch and the cake... Pumpkin Spice with Pecans.

Autunno... Autumn...

Possibly my favorite time of year... although I would love to have cooler weather  and lots of color,  it's a little early and we just don't get lots of that here... Sadly, the Pumpkins are pretty much a failure this year...   I have very few and have begun removing the uncooperative plants... Next year I will start them very early!