The pumpkin month

October has finally come! I call it the pumpkin month, because pumpkins play a great role at this time of the year. They come in various shapes and sizes, colours and tastes. Call me traditional, but I still like the big orange ones best! They are an extremely pleasant sight and are nice and smooth if you touch them. And that's not all. These big beautiful "bubbles" can be extremely tasty, as well. You can make delicious pumpkin pies from them. In my country, however, we have our version of this delicious cake. We call it the pumpkin strudel. It's made the same way as the famous apple strudel, only you use grated pumpkins instead of grated apples. Those of you who are strudel-baking talented can try to make one! It's delicious! If made correctly, one can hardly tell the difference between pumpkin and apple strudel!

I also love autumn for another reason: the colours! Right now, we're still blessed with beautiful weather. The days are warm and sunny - perfect for long afternoon walks. I enjoy going out for a couple of hours every day, just breathing the fresh air and catching the last sunrays before winter. It's slowly getting humid due to long-lasting morning dew and occassional light autumn sprinkles of rain. The leaves are starting to fall off the trees. Those that are still on the branches make the scenery magic: reds, yellows, oranges, browns, occassional greens - what a sight! A great substitute for Visine eyedrops after a long day of hard work behind a computer! On top of that, you can see all the birds in the tree-tops better now, because their protective curtain of leaves is slowly fading away. So, if you have a chance, go out, take a pair of binoculars with you, find a tree full of birds, sit under it and start "talking" (and by talking I mean whistling) to them. Have patience and you'll soon hear them answering back!

Enjoy yourself!