It's October. The heat is on, the quilts are out of storage and the dutch oven has been in use three nights in a row now. Soups, stews, roast chicken, root vegetables. As a goodbye to summer we'll make pesto from the last of the basil and dig a few volunteer potatoes for dinner. The leaves are late turning this year. That's fine by me. I hope their progress is slow and leisurely.

October is my favorite color.