New Season

It is officially fall.  The leaves on the trees are yellow and are falling.  Sad to say, but it is true.  It's ok though because with fall comes APPLES!!  And, thanks to Phil V., we have our "own" apple tree.  We are the proud leasers of a organic apple tree at a local orchard.  That means we get to pick all the apples we could ever need off of our own tree.  The apples are perfect tasting, but probably wouldn't make it to Whole Foods because they don't all look perfect.  Right now both drawers of our fridge are full.  Time to make apple pies, crisps, chutney, etc.  

Speaking of organic, last night we went over to Px's for dinner.  We ate a chicken that Paul "processed" at a friend's CSA over the weekend.  Processed as in picked up the chicken as it was running around its free range pasture, coning it, slicing its throat, taking the feathers off, and so on, until it went in the oven and then ended up on our dinner plates.  It was delicious, of course, since Paul is a great cook.  We forgot to take pictures of the bird before it was carved, but it looked like the front of a thanksgiving food magazine.  

I made a good dinner tonight too (sorry SJ).  It was all cooked and eaten within about 20 minutes.  We went on an afternoon 2.5 hour ride and I forgot water.  Good thing it wasn't hot and we didn't go fast.  

By the way, I'm recovered from the 70.3 and attempting a hard(ish) run tomorrow morning bright and early.