apple abundace

Well I couldn't put Fall off any longer although temperatures have finally dropped to the high 80's and no color changes are happening in our area, Fall things are happening all around.When you get to go to the first craft show of the season you know Fall is here.when Julian Apple pies grace every store in San Diego you know Fall is here. when Football takes over almost every night on tv you know Fall is here. 

I know every one is busy making pumpkins from every conceivable product out there and I am too but I wanted to give the other great Fall produce a big welcome.Apples who doesn't love apples?We use them for any number of recipes, decor ,flavors,colors but very little do you see anybody on Pinterest devoting pages of crafts of how to make apples from sweaters or dryer hose . and yet we use apples and consume more apples than ever pumpkins.

So at my first craft show of the season I came upon these trees that I had never seen before with these giant bean like pods hanging from them and grabbed a bunch of them. I put them on this table thinking they were quite interesting and very organic looking .Does anyone know what they are or what they are called? my roomie CassieBu tends to eat anything living I put in a vase   but these must have been very bitter or smelled funny she took a swift sniff and flew off the table.

See aren't they wierd looking they are real hard and have no odor(at least not to me) and have like a leathery texture.

the apple gets it's own mini cake plate to stand on. makes it feel like it's the queen for the day.I used deep brown chargers on top of twig chargers with my green plates from BCF(49 cent stash) with small apple bowls and apple napkin rings well truly they aren't napkin rings but ornaments for the Christmas tree I just haven't found apple rings yet.The brown leaf jar helps depict that fall is here.

The hutch got a new look the Fall colors are so beautiful and vibrant

the apple awaits their fate as they sit in a giant apple bowl. will they be a wholesome snack in a child lunch bag , will be eaten raw drizzled with caramel,?cooked and mashed for applesauce?,diced an layered in a flaky buttery crust? or maybe they will get peeled and  sliced and microwaved and put on wreaths, I don't know,maybe I'll turn them into a cinnamony apple butter.Apples are such a wonderful portable tasty  fruit.                                   

Here are more pics of the PODS totally  weird they paired well with the crabapples and I think they have a great color contrast 

Here is the table already for dinner I think I will settle this time and make an apple pie but save that for another post.

Well if anyone can help me with the Pod question I would appreciate it. also can someone please help me with the permalink? I don't know how to do it and I need to be able to post to other sites.I have had only 21 followers for 8 months now. thank you all. I will be linking up to between naps on the porch on Thursday with Susan.have a great week everybody