Butternut Squash Soup

We hosted a Cards & Canapés Party last night.  Everyone had a wonderful time eating and learning the card game 3-13 Rummy.  

I served canapés in courses throughout the evening beginning with butternut squash soup, meatballs warmed in grape jelly and BBQ sauce in the crock pot, and cheese dreams.  Most of the recipes I found on line and pinned on Pinterest.

The butternut squash soup is a standby for me and I've long since forgotten where I obtained the recipe.  It was perfect for the cool fall evening.  I served it in small glass punch cups balanced on oval glass plates.  Seconds and thirds were had by most folks and this one bowl shown below is all that remained.  I had it for lunch today.

The squash came from my garden.  The recipe also calls for parsnips, shallots, cumin, and ginger.  Once cooked and pureed with a stick blender, honey is stirred in and pepper added.  It's served with a sprinkle of sunflower seeds.

Also on the menu:

bacon wrapped potatoes

pigs in blankets,

cucumber slices with whipped feta,

mustard-dill tortellini salad skewers,

 olive crostini.

For dessert:

cantaloupe, watermelon and pineapple chunks on skewers

carrot cake cupcakes.

Sorry I was too busy being the chef to take photos of the dishes.

Random Church

I think I took this photo somewhere in Pennsylvania.  I thought the church was interesting with the three steeples and the arched entrances.  It was a very gray day and this was a photo from the car.

Joining Inspired Sundays.

What's This? (7)

The scene out the window at a restaurant we stopped at on Vancouver Island several years ago.  Nice assortment of fishing boats caught my eye but then what was that to the right? A totem? Never did find out.

Almost Fall Morning.

Fall is in the air!  

Some of the tulip poplar leaves are yellowing.  It won't be long before the trees are golden.

Not a usual fall bloomer for me.  But I'm pleased that the clematis returned after I whacked it to the ground because of the blight it had.  Now its given me some blooms.

Obedient plant is  also blooming.  Its a steadfast fall performer.

Discovered this little guy on the sedum.  I suppose it would have let me pet it but I didn't even try.

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