Happy Pumpkin Cake Day

"It's late and we are sleepy,
   The air is cold and still.
 Our Jack 0' Lantern grins at us
   Upon the window sill.
 We're stuffed with cake and candy
   And we've had a lot of fun,
 But now it's time to go to bed
   And dream of all we've done."

~ author unknown

Hope your bellies are full of sweet things tonight...

Pumpkin Cake covered in chocolate and fondant by Queen Anne's Lace Cakes 

The Sound of Music

"There is always music amongst the trees in the garden
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it."

Author Unknown

A musical chocolate cake with hand painted modeling chocolate decorations by Queen Anne's Lace Cakes @https://www.facebook.com/queenanneslacecakes?ref=hl .

Autumn Wish

"The woods are full of fairies;
  The sea is full of fish;
  The trees are full of golden leaves;
  Let's make an autumn wish."

~ author unknown

I wish for long walks in the crisp woods finding fairy kingdoms along the way and cozy evenings by a fire...

Old Autumn

"I saw old Autumn in the misty morn
Stand shadowless like silence,
Listening to silence."

~ Thomas Hood

Such peace I found in the quiet mornings in the woods on our escape to the cabin. Food for the soul in a life focused on sweets for the body.

A Song of Seasons

"Sing a song of seasons!
    Something bright in all!
 Flowers in the summer,
    Fires in the fall!"

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Looking out our sunny kitchen window at the crisp, gorgeous autumn day, it is hard to stay inside and do what needs doing. I will at least allow myself lunch in the garden and perhaps sit on the swing with my sweetheart this evening. I hope all of you can find a moment to enjoy this glorious fall day, also! It slips away before our eyes...

Mellow and Melancholy

"The windflower and the violet,
    They perished long ago,
 And briar Rose and the orchis died
    Amid the summer glow;
 But on the hill the goldenrod
    And the aster in the wood,
 And the yellow sunflower by the brook,
    In autumn beauty stood."

~ William Cullen Bryant

Autumn brings me the urge to bring order to my home again in preparation for the months ahead spent indoors. But my heart is still out in my gardens, where I long to tidy up and make sure they are tucked snugly in for their long winter nap. And I don't want to bid them sweet dreams yet. I want to stay up with them and savor every last moment of sunshine. A bittersweet time of year.

The Sun Also Rises

"By all these lovely tokens
    September days are here,
 With summer's best of weather,
   And autumn's best of cheer."

Helen Hunt Jackson