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walhiskawell, it's my favourite time of year. Autumn is always nice in Ireland, because it's still warm but the weather and light are so changeable, and I'm at home which is Okay and working which can be good - very good many days - and I feel reasonably well which is a huge win for Mishanation (me) <3
yes this will seem late for some of you but the Irish seasons run later because it's so mild here - not for nothing is October called Deireadh Fhómhair / Last Harvest in Irish dhdhd The only other news really is that I met some friends from secondary school, some from undergrad, declined a bigger undergrad meeting today and went off with my dad to the market instead (good call), and that I am calling my closest friend very regularly again now and we've started watching D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (the Russian version) together. And I bought a very cool pair of leather boots today :')
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Orchard news since August:
yes this will seem late for some of you but the Irish seasons run later because it's so mild here - not for nothing is October called Deireadh Fhómhair / Last Harvest in Irish dhdhd
- this year was the first time that our two redcurrant bushes were feeling properly established, so we had some redcurrants to go along with the usual amount (about 2kg) of blackcurrants; we haven't used too many of them yet, so there are a few big zip-loc bags of them in the freezer at the moment. my favourite way to use them is to take a handful and mix them through the apples when making apple tart.
- speaking of, we have about three buckets of cooking apples. thank god for the basics, I feel like the bench box full of apples is more important for the winter even than the firewood.
- main excitement: our pear trees were very happy this year, I think the heat suited them. some of the ones we picked went off with indecent rapidity, which is just what pears are like, but the others are great and my mother made a lovely dark cake with ginger, pears, and whiskey.
- non-food related but my cacti keep growing which is great for them but it's going to cost me a bloody fortune in pots pffft
Trying to be more of an offline girl but I love tumblr still. So many kind souls, I don't want to leaveee.