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🧡 Roasted Kabocha with Garlic & Sage + a simple Pasta recipe with leftovers 🧡
Whether in the pan or in the oven, roasted Kabocha is a satisfying vegetable and, should you have leftovers, it can be used for a number of equally easy and delicious dishes.
Recipes at the link in profile! @lifeoutofbounds
This morning, when I announced “Oh, it’s October 1st!” my mum responded: “First day of school!”
as that is what it used to be till my brothers and I were mid-teens.
A much more reasonable day to begin getting cooped up in class, if you ask me.
Happy October everyone!
xoxo
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#loob_food #pumpkinseason #pumpkinrecipes #kabocha #italianrecipes #italianfood #pasta #pastasugratin #foodphotography #foodstyling #cookingwithherbs #cookingforthesoul #comfortfood #recipes #vegetarianrecipes #garlic #sage
🍁 NEW OCTOBER ’25 CALENDAR WALLPAPER
The colors of maples in the fall are incomparable. At some point I plan to spend time in New England during October to experience a full color immersion.
This image, however, I captured in December in California, where fall colors run late. It was a rainy day and I was walking around the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross, Marin County.
I hope you will enjoy the colors as much as I did photographing them.
As always, the Calendar Wallpaper is available for laptop/desktop, iPad/tablet & iPhone/smartphone and can be downloaded for free at the link in my profile @lifeoutofbounds
May the colors be with you, and may October be gentle and delightful.
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#loob_nature #calendarwallpaper #mapleleaves #mapletrees #fallcolors #fallfoliage #autumncolors #leavesfalling #autumnleaves #naturephotography #halloweenmonth #autumnfeeling #autumnmood #shinrinyoku #forestbathing #naturetherapy #colortherapy #naturehealsthesoul #mindfulness #gardentherapy #gardenphotography #deepbreathing
Don’t you just love Victorian homes? This master bathroom is from the exquisitely renovated Ackerman Heritage House in downtown Napa, California. Lauren Ackerman has curated every single detail and done a truly incredible job on restoring this house to its original - or even better - state.
You can enjoy a full photographic tour of the house on the blog at the link in profile. Or you can comment Ackerman and I will be happy to send you the link directly. Though with a little patience on your part because internet where I am is still extremely sketchy.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
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#loob_design #homedesign #victorianarchitecture #architecture #victorianhomes #napa #napavalley #oldhouses #oldhouseappreciation #theamericanhome #housesofcalifornia #historichomes #victorianstyle #bathrooms #bathroomdesign #victorianrestoration #romantichomes #housebeautiful #interiorsphotography #homedecor #downtownnapa #winecountry #california
The portal opened yesterday, but it will be in a few hours that the actual moment of the equinox will occur. Then it will be bye bye summer and hello autumn!
With amazing punctuality, socks weather is here: cooler temperatures and rainstorms began last night and will continue for several days; at least here in my current neck of the Northern Italian woods.
To me this would be the perfect time to teleport back to California and enjoy no-socks living for a bit longer.
I like no-socks weather. 😄
Spiky pods have started to fall, and I have already gathered the first chestnuts. It’s in competition with the squirrels, though - sneaky little fluffy, cute, adorable thieves that they are. 🐿️
The ones in this area are a rusty red color and really tiny. It takes 2 of these to make 1 from the oak-dwellers in California.
May your equinox and autumn season be ones of ease, joy and glory! And mine, too ☺️
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#loob_nature #naturephotography #gardens #loropetalumchinensis #autumnequinox #fallequinox #equinox #rainyweather #autumnweather
Third and final recipe to wrap up fig season.
You cannot get more Italian than this, with the king of Italian primi piatti:
RISOTTO WITH FIGS, BRIE AND THYME
You can change up the brie for, say, fontina or taleggio, or even a little gorgonzola - the creamy kind. Recipe on the blog at the link in profile, or just comment RISOTTO and I will send you the link directly.
Happy Sunday!!
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#loob_food #risotto #italianfood #recipe #dinnerrecipes #brie #thyme #cookingwithherbs #herbs #italianrecipes