Working on a little something...

Hopefully I'll be wrapping it all up by week's end!
-Cut

~Weekending~

These past few days have really felt like we are transitioning into deep fall. The wood's behind my house is a riot of color... which seems to have been dialed up to max these past few days. The rains for our region have finally returned. The PNW was experiencing a bit of a drought this fall (for us) but in the last week we've managed to completely wipe all record of said drought from the books. I think it can be seen as both a blessing and a curse. I feel so lucky to live somewhere that can sustain me and provide a lush backdrop of green year round. But it was really nice to feel dry for a couple months... the wet just seeps into your bones this time of year and makes you perpetually cold and damp.


Anyways, I digress. With the return of the heavier rains it truly feels like a transistion is taking place away from the active time period of early fall when it's still warm enough for a t-shirt in the afternoon and a lot of time is still spent outdoors... to the more hibernating days of book reading, tea drinking and hand and feet warming.
With this being said why not spend a lovely Friday evening in with a good friend, warming up the kitchen with bubbling cider as you wait for it to boil down into a beautifully rich, cinnamony syrup to then make caramels with?

I know many of you follow the beautifully written and photographed blog Smitten Kitchen...well, this talented lady recently also became a cookbook author and both Carlie and I are super excited to meet here on her upcoming book tour. To hold us over until we have said cookbook in our own hands we decided to make these beautiful little caramels with a smack of apple that Deb so graciously shared last week. Please run right out and purchase all the supplies to make these caramels up immediately!!! You will not be disappointed!

Happy Weekend to you all,
Cut and Shoot