September arrives and an early market visit. . . . . . . .

"Best I love September's yellow,

Morns of dew-strung gossamer,

Thoughtful days without a stir,

Rooky clamours, brazen leaves,

Stubble dotted o'er with sheaves -

More than Spring's bright uncontrol

Suit the Autumn of my soul."

                                ~ Alex. Smith ~

Thoughts of Autumnal days have filled my head this week.

The garden looks sad and will soon need attention - especially tree and

 shrub pruning. It's still too hot to work outside, highs in the 90's plus

 steamy humidity of 95% make the heat index around 102F.

Bob did mow yesterday and came in drenched and 2 lbs. lighter!

How come that happens to guys - we work hard too but losing weight

is always so difficult.

 The garden at least looks a bit neater for the holiday weekend.

 I've spent time in the cool of the kitchen with the rolling pin and fresh fruits.

Made this galette using fresh peaches from the farmers' market 

and blueberries from the store.

I made the pie crust last weekend for the deep dish spinach quiche (below)

and had enough remaining for this dessert.

Gina shared her dough recipe when we made a similar quiche during

 my recent visit to the farm in Utah. It was so good I couldn't wait to try my

 own. Really good, but I missed dining al fresco with such lovely friends,
 the sun setting over the pond, geese honking their 'goodnights', and mountains
 in the background!

Cooking outdoors over this holiday weekend may not be enjoyable in such heat. 

Salads sound perfect - juicy slicing tomatoes  - cheese with good bread or

 crackers - a chilled bowl of ice cream - a fresh peach dripping down the chin.

Life is what we make it - eating doesn't have to be complicated - especially 

in hot weather.

We just popped across to the neighborhood farmers' market for tomatoes and 
corn. Already steamy hot, quite busy with people and some lovely dogs - all
behaving well on a sunny Saturday morning.

Welcome to September.

Enjoy your Labor Day Holiday wherever you are, whatever you do.

Baking the last of the Figs . . . . . . .

I just want to tell you about this ready-to-bake pie crust in case you've 

not come across it. I've always used Pillsbury, or a particular chain grocery store brand,

 however have never really been pleased with either.

I found this brand recently at Fresh Market. Hopefully it's available in other groceries

if there's no Fresh Market near you. It's made in Canada and, if you buy readymade 

crusts, you may want to try it. 

The flavor seemed much fresher, more like homemade, it was sturdier to handle 

and didn't tear, and it held the juice from the fruit and sugar much better, 

no leakage on the baking sheet which always makes the tart stick and hard to remove 

to a serving plate, and the sheet much harder to clean. . . . . I hate that part, don't you?

A really nice crust for these easy to make fruit galettes.

This will definitely be my go to pie crust when I don't make one from scratch.

. . . . . . . and yes, this really is my final post on this year's fig harvest!

It certainly was a good one.