Autumn in full swing

This is the temp we woke up to this morning...unfortunately, we are currently on a "money-saving plan" with our gas bill, too...our furnace is broken, the part is on order, and it is COLD in here! :-) But we are always excited to move into autumn...it's a gorgeous time of year down here.

My friend Jessica was kind enough to share a treasure from our hometown -- fresh-picked NY apples (thanks again, Jess, they have been wonderful!) -- we have been thoroughly enjoying them, and last night I used the last few for dinner...we had Pork Chops with Apple Chutney, Pecan Apple Rice, and Fresh Apple Cake (thanks for the awesome recipe, RaDora!). A very harvesty kind of dinner...and we didn't even realize we would be waking up to frost!!!