Finally Autumn is here. The busy, bright, hot, noisy days of summer are coming to a close, and I can’t wait to dig out my jumpers, draw the curtains, and start eating more puddings! Greengages, Blackberries, Pumpkins and Plums – just saying those names is comforting. Maybe it’s because I was a November baby, but Bonfire Night and Halloween are my favourite celebrations. I want to put the Rose back in the fridge, pour a glass of good Red Chianti and indulge in the latest box set or get stuck into the towering pile of books that I have been promising myself all summer.
The garden is starting to look a bit sorry for itself, but there is nothing that beats the magic of a good heavy dew in the early mornings. I remember a friend telling me her little girl wanted her to collect the dew for “a witches potion” – the little girl has just turned 16 but I think of that story when I see those tiny drops.
A contract with the fabulous “The Simple Things” magazine has meant that I have been shooting Autumn foods for over a month now in readiness for their Autumn issues, and I have loved the extension on my own personal Autumn that this has given me. It meant that I started thinking about the new season before the summer had passed, and all that forward planning has turned me into a forager. Mushrooms, Blackberries and Elderberries fill my fridge and freezer, and plans for autumn chutney, sticky chilli jam and blackberry jelly are well underway.
Marilyn Monroe once said “Designers want me to dress like Spring, in Billowy things. I don’t feel like Spring. I feel like a warm Red Autumn.” I couldn’t put it any better.
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