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Coziness; From Summer to Fall

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Jennifer decided to make her Cozy Chronicles a link up (the link up is tomorrow) so today I'm talking about taking our coziness from summer to fall. As much as I love spring and summer there is nothing quite like fall in New England. It is one season we do real well up here. The trees put on a spectacular show and warm drinks, sweaters, and cozy nights in take over.  To make our house cozy for fall I start pulling out all our lovely fall decorations-- including twinkling lights on the mantle and lots flickering electric candles in our candle holders. Photo from 2020 Burning fall scented candles and melts-- my favorite scents are those that make me think of baking; pumpkin spice, cinnamon bun, caramel apple, etc.  I put out more throw pillows and throw blankets-- which my family literally likes to throw around...  I start pulling out my sweaters, cozy fleece socks, and scarves Our crock pot gets more use than ever with delicious smells filling the house all day. Some of our favorit
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Our Second Month of CSA Boxes

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 We tried something new this summer, a Community Supported Agriculture program (called CSA) through one of our local farms. We pay up front and then get 17 boxes of fresh produce throughout the summer and into fall. Box #6 -- Lots more zucchini, some summer squash, a cantaloupe, some green and yellow beans, more tomatoes and some peppers.  I made chocolate zucchini bread, some squash side dishes (just sauteing squash/ zucchini with mushrooms and onions), and I shredded some zucchini to freeze for winter too. We made salad with the lettuce, used the cantaloupe in our fruit/yogurt bowls. The green peppers were used for fajitas one night paired with another red pepper I bought at the store and some onions. We used the green and yellow beans for side dishes at dinner and the tomatoes for sandwiches & sides.  Box #7-- MORE zucchini and squash, some cucumbers, beets, lettuce, cantaloupe, tomatoes and banana peppers. I made summer squash lasagna with some of the squash and zucchini and sa
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10 on the 10th on the 11th of September; 2024

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 Yesterday was the 10th and, once again, Marsha kindly hosted a 10 on the 10th link up with some fun This or That questions.  1. While my life is a good mix of both of these if given a choice of only one I'd rather have a long term meaningful relationship with someone I see once a month.  In fact I think that describes many of my friendships with friends I had before kids-- since we're all so busy raising ours we really only get together once a year or even every other year at this point.  2. A bouquet of fresh flowers every week!  3. A luxury all expense paid cruise to the Antarctic (though I don't know that I'd be getting off the ship!). I really enjoyed the two cruises we've been on.  4. Pumpkin spice nothing-- while I do like pumpkin spice it's not my favorite flavor and I know I'd get sick of it in no time.  I've been enjoying this tea the last couple of days; trying to fend off a sore throat 5. Warm sunny days with high humidity; even though I don&
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