[kittygrrl]

i took some of the apple pie filling i made the other day and made an Apple hand pie for one..it's cooling now..serving with a homemade vegetable stew tonight w a corn muffin..i made the stew on the hearth ..it was fun! i made it in my cast iron dutch oven...i have enough for a couple of dinners this week...the colors on the maples are brilliant yellow and orange..i feel this is as close to heaven as a person can get, short of living in the wild wood,--- a cottage in the wood is my dream