The rays of warm, late afternoon sunlight, that were diffused through the kitchen window rideaux, made the spoonful of apricot jam sparkle. Smearing jam and cream onto egg yellow sponge was the final act of this afternoon’s baking. The colours were right. Earlier I had walked the lanes to see the season. Although the hedges are laden with rich green foliage, the overall palette is slowly sliding towards ochres and russets, which soft colours are becoming evident on the edges of leaves, like the contrasting trim on a Chanel blazer.
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Cake. Lovely pictures 🙂
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I thought I was going to be dazzled by the exciting new costume of Coco for a minute…
I particularly like the last picture – Mr. Hockney could have painted that one 😉
If only I could have painted it like he does:)
Do you prefer the Autumn season?
As long as it’s warm:)
So beautiful!
Many thanks for that.
Rich and contrasty images great, but where is the result of the afternoon baking?
Eaten, I’m afraid:)
Love the Chanel comparison, Roger.
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Your autumn is looking a lot prettier than our autumn in the States right now.
Won’t be long now.
108 days to Christmas:)
Your description is very appropriate for how the landscape looks here in Maine. I wish I had the apricot jam to complete the picture.
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wow! these colours are beautiful!
They make up for the loss of summer:)
Gorgeous Autumn colours, and I like the composition of your last image….
Glad that you like it:)
Beautiful! And I’d rather have an apricot sponge cake than a Chanel Blazer 😉
I think I’d wouldn’t look right in a Chanel blazer:)
Roger–Your photos! I want to walk the trail and see the things you photographed.
I love it here and it’s not difficult to take pictures of this place:)
It’s almost here, isn’t it? Quite beautiful, Roger. But it won’t make up for the horror of winter.
My sentiments exactly.
I’m getting homesick looking at these pics. *sigh*
Thanks so much for checking out my posts…glad you liked them , sorry you’re homesick:)
Don’t worry, it’s not your fault, I’m missing something that I cannot get back to… Being an expatriate with almost no family left does that.But please keep posting, your articles make me dream!