October, 2017 at Urban Home Blog
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Here are our plans for the spooky month
of October at Urban Home Blog.
- On first crisp autumn weekend, bake cinnamon rolls.
- Go through baking pantry to be sure pantry goods and bakeware are up to date for fall baking.
- Go on picture-taking safaris at Griffith Park and Hollywood Forever.
- On Halloween decorating weekend, make baked rigaboni and pumpkin cupcakes.
- Make and can red hots, pumpkin and apricot butters, and Santa Maria salsa in anticipation of holiday gift-giving.
- Obtain supply of retro candy bags for trick or treat. Fill with miniature chocolates for treat or toy bugs and spiders for eek.
- Spend a couple of cool weeknights at local pubs The Pikey and The Abbey.
- Make satin smoking jackets for John and myself.
- Have furnace and vents serviced in anticipation of cool weather. Have air conditioners serviced and sealed for the season.
- Meet with financial advisor for bi-annual review.
- Send notes/emails to wine country friends and colleagues in celebration of harvest. Assess household wine inventory and reserve futures of promising releases.
- Spend week in Solvang for harvest wine tastings and Scarecrow Festival.
- Send donations to bat, bee, and palm conservancies.
- Continue listening to weekly online spiritual broadcast The Happy Medium.
- Retreive, cleanse, and respectfully place in honor collection of fortune telling ephemera, including spirit boards, planchettes, and card decks.
- Set out Dumb Supper of apple cider, harvest fruit, and pasta on the solemn evening of Samhain. Burn candles and incense. Remember and honor those who have passed. Welcome friendly spirits that wish to partake of the offering in remembrance of their time on this side of the veil.
Listening List: Silhouettes and
Statues, Various Artists; Valtari, Sigur Ros; The Rocky HorrorPicture Show, soundtrack
October,
2013: Spice Blends, Pumpkin
Groceries
October,
2011: Mold
and Mildew, Urban Bar, Weeknight Dinner, Baking
October,
2010: Halloween!, Sunday Supper, Curried Popcorn, Haunted
Houses and Witches
October,
2009: Hot Spiced Cider, Bats
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