Fallish things

Nothing says "Fall is here" like the leaves turning shades of yellow, orange and brown. We don't have many native trees or shrubs around this area that display pretty fall colors. The predominant tree is the Blue Oak, their leaves just turn brown and drop but not until December or January. We have a few trees and bushes in our yard that were planted by the previous owners that have nice fall color. One of those is a pomegranate bush. It's leaves turn yellow just as the pomegranates are ready to pick in mid-October. I had never made jelly before but decided to try when the bush produced buckets and buckets of fruit. I enjoyed making the jelly but I discovered why jars of pomegranate jelly are always so small. It takes a lot of pomegranates and a lot of work squeezing those pomegranates to get enough juice to make any jelly! Some years the bush has a lot and some years it has almost none, I don't know why. I have put the recipe that I use here, it was given to me by a lady who is really good at all that canning stuff.

Also, in the Fall, just in time for Halloween, the tarantulas appear and are seen all over the place around here. The ones that are out and about are the males searching for females. The females are rarely seen because they stay in burrows. They are interesting spiders and I just give then a wide berth and leave them alone. Then they are gone and not seen again until the next Fall.

Have a happy Fall season!

Blessings!