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Even if growing flowers not really is my cup of tea, I must admit to be quite proud of my balconyflowers and of my "King-Kong Sun Flowers. 270cm high as I chopped their heads off, the other day. The indian summer is coming to an end, the KingKongs grew cold and let their heads hang down. Like Tom Dooley. So I chopped them off, and let them dry in the remaining sun. The last couple of days it's been turning colder and foggier, every day and for sunday the weatherforecast has promised SNOW at 1100m. That's exactly at our doorstep. Brrrrr.  So I decided to rescue all the other flowers as well, and put them down on the balcony floor. If I'm lucky, they survive until next summer.
Cooking is also not really my cup of tea, but today I made - no! - I intended do make, but the actually Julia made A PUMPKINSOUP. Julia made it, because she came home from a ride on the white horse and was soooo cold, so  I took the horses to the pasture and she cooked. Beautyfull orangeyellow coulor, spicy, warm; perfect on a chilly.  foggy day like today. Then we roasted chestnuts, which we served with the soup, together with gorgonzola. For lunch. Yummmi. Then I baked "my" breakfastbusquits and my favourite lemon/meringue cake. Yummmi.  Actually we have been eating a lot of good stuff this week. At least Emil an I. We had german friends here, staying in the village, and Beate is the best pizzacook you can imagine. Tuesday evening, I think she made 7 different  pizzas, and and all guests became at least one slice of each kind. She's really professional and always brings a load of her own pizzacookstuff. Yummi! The next day I invited every body for five o'clock tea and scones. That's my cup of tea!

And this is my new teacup! Birthdaygift from Julia. And Julia became one from me :-) A very green one....
T.