Marzipan

I've been wanting to try my hand at marzipan for a while now, so with help from Martha Stewart I made these cute-as-a-button carrots for my carrot walnut with orange zest cream frosting cupcakes. The big lesson? Marzipan doesn't last at room temperature. By the next day these little carrots were runny orange blobs.

Raisin Bread

We are currently experiencing an unimaginable raisin bread overdose at the house. We've eaten as much as we can handle and still have a 3-day old loaf that hasn't been touched yet. Blaspheme!


I've been loving the Cinnamon Raisin Bread recipe from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. I baked a loaf to give to the couple that lives just north of us. We walked over the other night and had a nice chat with Lois and Don who have lived in the area for at least 7 decades. Their oldest son now runs the farm which has been in the family for six generations!



Lois even called a few days later to get the recipe, saying she had never had better raisin bread. She absolutely made my day; I've been full of baking pride for days!

Fall

Fall is my favourite season of the year and this has been the nicest autumn in recent memory. It has been lovely to spend days up at the house working and walking about. Some days are so beautiful it has been hard to resist the temptation to step off the porch and explore or to lay in the hammock and bird-watch with my sweetie.


To ward off any guilt about slacking off, I like to remind myself of the following:

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
~ Sir John Lubbock

New House!

We bought a house! We take possession next week and I'm pinching myself every half-hour to make sure I'm not dreaming. It will be a lot of work, but it will be worth it to carve out a little niche of our own.