Okay, Autumn has tricked me. I've been determined to detest it and throw mental temper-tantrums about the changing seasons, but the past two days have been absolutely gorgeous. Temperatures in the low sixties, a light breeze, and tons of sunshine. Not to worry -- starting Sunday, it's supposed to be grey and miserable for a good long while, so I can get back to the detesting.
-- My cantaloupe vine produced five (or was it six?) full-sized melons. But there was also a mini-melon that started growing right next to one of the others; the plant clearly put less energy into growing that one. I didn't think it would even mature, but I checked on it yesterday, and it was ripe. Snack melon! It was the perfect size, about as big as a large apple, and the bottom was completely flat. I just lopped it off like a lid and dug in.
-- September ending means that I've now done two full months of the 365 project -- a photo every day. You can see the photos here, divided by month. I find it really interesting to look at the group of thumbnails from August and compare them to September. The August group just looks hot and muggy, while September seems more full of fresh air. I'm excited to see how this changes each month!
-- My mom makes these 'St Ben's Rolls' -- sort of like a cinnamon roll, but the dough doesn't have yeast (I don't have the recipe, sorry). I had oatmeal for breakfast three days this week, another sign that I'm coming to accept Autumn. I've even been thinking about baking pumpkin bread.
-- I had a stroke of genius today. It wasn't so much cutting the hole in the box (that was fairly obvious). But the piece of carpet on top was truly inspired. I'm expecting some sort of award nomination from the cats later. That carpet, by the way, was what covered one of the posts at the bottom of my basement stairs (and which still covers the other, because it belongs to Beany. See here.)
I've tasted cinnamon rolls that looked just like that made with Bisquick. My Mom made everything possible with Bisquick when I was growing up!