When fall finally gets here, I’m more than ready for it. It’s wonderful to go outside and feel the change in the air. Wednesday was just such a beautiful day. October’s bright blue sky, mild temperatures and the sun feeling warm on my back felt like heaven.

Warm, not hot. There’s a difference. We’d been to the flea market and bought some apples, because I wanted to make a fresh apple cake and an apple pie.

There are lots of recipes for fresh apple cake that call for walnuts, but I like the one like Grandmama used to make with pecans.

Also, she liked to mix her apples, as do I. This time we found Granny Smith and Pink Lady for $4 a peck. The apple seller let me mix the varieties and didn’t mind at all. Now that’s service.

We went home and Fowler switched to the farm truck, loaded a long metal pole and took along two half-bushel

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