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A FAREWELL TO AUTUMN

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Butter squash muffins for the muffins: (18 pc) 4 large eggs 200 g light brown sugar 100 g custard sugar 210 g corn oil 400 g all purpose flour 2 g baking soda 4 g baking powder 3 g cinnamon 65 g walnuts crushed 340 g grated butter squash In days like these, when Autumn rushes towards her home, leaving us wondering how we will adjust to the white of the winter after the colourful presence of hers, I want to seal our warm memories. I used ingredients with earth colours and combined them in a soft recipe for some Autumn celebration muffins - my farewell to Autumn. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and the cinnamon. Beat the eggs with the brown and white sugar until doubles in volume. Add the oil. Add the dry ingredients, followed by the butter-squash and the walnuts. Fold just until combined. You can substitute the grated butter-squash with the same quantity of grated apples or carrots. With the apples, the texture of

AUTUMN

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What a blessing is the season! Autumn makes me sad and happy. I took a huge turn - She inspired me a lot. I have some cross stitched designs done that matched my autumn mood. It was a harvest celebration, it was a colours celebration and a nostalgic preparation for a long winter dream. It is admirable how the trees never bend - with their stoic posture, always standing against the winter storms and icy hugs, they remind me why it is worth living. The leaves ... The drops ... The wind ... The leaves go away, but the trees hold the hope. Abandoned nests in the naked branches just remind us for what it was singing with the birds. Elongated shadows, spooky spots under a leave pile, running squirrels, collecting the acorns, shorter days and weaker sun - we are all blessed with this rushed season. The sadness ... The hope ... The desire ... It is time to forgive And time to believe. The Earth is alive. Autumn