Well autumn has definitely arrived. October is here – a month of falling leaves, crackling fires, smoky air, wind and rain and nature preparing herself for the big winter sleep.

Today I share an autumnal poem to get us in the mood of the season…

‘Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers away;

Lengthen night and shorten day;

Every leaf speaks bliss to me,

Fluttering from the autumn tree.

I shall smile when wreaths of snow

Blossom where the rose should grow;

I shall sing when night’s decay

Ushers in a drearier day.

– Emily Bronte

With the arrival of October has brought with it my desire to cook with pumpkins…cliche I know! So this afternoon it was full steam ahead making 2 slightly different pumpkin pies.