Autumn Equinox

Last night’s full harvest moon ushered in yet another fall here in Canada (although, looking back, one might ask when exactly the summer happened this year, but I digress). To mark the occasion, I did a few “routine” household chores (as I do at every equinox and solstice) – like changing the water filter, changing the furnace filter, and changing the wreath on the door. Being fall, I also changed all of the smoke detector batteries and tried to schedule some “fambily-in-the-leaves photos”. I find it really useful to use these four quarters to remind me to do these kinds of tasks as I have a tendency to be a bit scatterbrained about timing otherwise.

I also made some time to enjoy our harvest, even though it wasn’t the most bountiful this year. We had a cold and wet summer, and the garden noticeably responded by decreasing most crops, and abandoning others altogether (we didn’t get one single tomato!) Still, there were ample root veggies to make some soup (and share with friends), and I put our “Hardy Macs” to good use in an apple crisp. I am truly grateful for such yummy, home-grown goodness. I wrapped up my evening by admiring the moon – the first “true” harvest moon in 20 years! I can see now why such a thing might come in handy to work in the fields into the wee hours. 😉

Leeks, potatoes, carrots, and even some zucchini from my garden…

Went into this turkey and vegetable soup – yummy!

I picked the remaining Hardy Macintosh apples yesterday…

And turned them into some delicious cider-like apple crisp.

 

Then I enjoyed the fruits of my labours (quite literally, haha) by the light of the full harvest moon. Amazing.

May your harvest be plentiful and your fall full of warmth and colour!