Wednesday, October 6, 2010

autumn celebration for the senses



This time of the year is so full of feasts for all the senses... the visual beauty of the changing leaves (absolulely impossible to accurately capture on film I think), the aromatic apples and squashes cooking up, the drying flowers and herbs, the garlic planting for next year...

Here is the middle of our dining room table right now.



In a bowl sit the waxed leaves we did from this wonderful tutorial...

Next to it the beautiful red poppy bowl from MarciG...



And the tiny orange owl candleholder from her mother, Lee from OneClayBead...

And a handmade leaf and tissue paper candle lantern to shed warm, auburn light on our evening meals.


Oh, and this scrumptious rustic apple galette - you can find the recipe here.


What are your own fall favorites?

8 comments:

  1. Jen! Your table looks amazing! I am so happy to "join" your family for dinner via our family's pottery. And that apple galette looks like something I will try!

    Lee/OneClayBead

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  2. Wonderful, wonderful photos Jen, I love the leaves! We baked your recipe from the weekend and it was divine:)
    xo
    Linda

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  3. Isn't Autumn just the best in every way? :)

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  4. We are marking autumn in much the same ways - love your dipped leaves. Our table is adorned with the very last wild flowers of the year - black eyed susans and goldenrod.
    Apples and squash - so yummy.

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  5. The colors are beautifully warm and homely. From autumn I like the mist the most. Can't get enough of that, me and my cam:)

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  6. Beautiful! I must make that apple galette. We are experiencing a weird heat wave right now, but the leaves are still changing color, darkness sets in early and everything feels...cozier.

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  7. so much autumn creativity - it makes me wnat to sit at the table and just make, make, make . . . .

    Thanks for sharing.

    Amelia.x

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  8. thank you for the recipe.
    It looks great, I will try today :)

    Best whishes from Germany
    Anna

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