Autumn has arrived

Autumn feels well and truly established now in our little corner of France. The markets and shops are selling all types and sizes of pumpkins and squash. I just love having the choice, seeing their gorgeous autumnal colours and feeling inspired to try some new fresh seasonal recipes.

It was a wonderful day yesterday as my friend Dominique popped by for a chat, she had brought me some rhubarb from her garden, so I’m also looking forward to making some roasted rhubarb compote, to enjoy with some cold crème fraîche.

It was such a beautiful day, the three of us took a stroll up to the point de vue, chatting with her in French, enjoying her correcting us as we went, and teaching us some new phrases and words.

On the way down we were comparing onomatopoeic words in French and English, swapping descriptions of words for animal sounds like coin–coin (pronounced quoin–quoin) versus quack–quack, and all three of us couldn’t resist bursting into a rendition of ‘old MacDonald had a farm’ at the end.