miscellany monday

First down...Football season is almost here and pre-season is in full swing! I love this time of year...my husband and mom get all excited and Sundays are really relaxing. I grew up watching football with my mom and have come to love the sport. I don't get into all of the stats or have a fantasy team, but I do love sitting down, kicking back and watching a game. I have grown to love college (sorry Ron and Mom) more than the NFL, but it is all still wonderful.

Second down...I love blog friends, don't you?! Sometimes it does feel strange to call someone you've never met a friend, but that is truly how it feels. Recently I received a wonderful package from one of my blog friends...Ruby Red! I won a giveaway (the ever so emotional, yet so good so far Heart of the Matter) on her book blog (here) and with it she included some great mango soap from the area where she's vacationing at her cottage as well as the cutest photo collage of her time at the cottage. How cute that she has a cottage! You must go and check her out...I'm sure she'll welcome you with open arms. Thanks Ruby Red!!!

Third down...We went to one of our local fruit farms yesterday to buy peaches. My mom went too and picked up some corn, tomatoes, a block of cheese and a fried pie. Aren't these peaches beautiful:

They actually aren't as sweet as I thought they would be, but that didn't stop me from making the peach crisp that I wanted to try. I used a variation of PW's recipe (here), except I added some oats and didn't add the maple syrup to the peaches...not a huge fan of maple unless it's on my pancakes.

Here are my peaches all cut up and ready for topping...don't they look pretty.

Here's the finished product (with a little taste spooned out). It turned out pretty well...can't really go too wrong with crisp. I think if my peaches were sweeter it would have been even better. I will say that it's not my beloved apple crisp, but it's up there. Ahh...apple crisp how I love you and now know that you are my favorite dessert...where was I?

Fourth down...I'm done with summer. There, I said it out loud. I am OK with heat but the humidity this summer has been crazy and no fun at all. I'm SO ready for Fall...opening windows, apple cider, apple picking (you know, to make apple crisp), Halloween, beautiful leaves (though I don't look forward to raking, right Mom), the decorations...pretty much all things Fall. Let the countdown begin!

Extra point...I completely forgot to link up last week. I did my post and scheduled it but didn't enter it on Carissa's site until the next day. That won't happen this week :)