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There's a small pear tree on the balcony and it usually has a small harvest. In fact last year we made some fruit-cheese with the crop. We had no expectations of fruit this year because of the weather in late Spring had striped away all the setting fruits.

However one pear, the one used in this recipe, was sheltered and low hanging and survived the onslaught. We didn't even notice it was there until well into the Summer and were sitting down to have a lunch on the balcony. It seem fitting to add it to our Autumn Jelly.

Winter 2024 in Ireland. As usual the Celtic New Year begins on November the 1st.

And, this year, it corresponds with the festival of light, Diwali which is the Hindu festival of lights. There are variations of this festival celebrated in other Indian religion as well.

Walking in the park this afternoon, a tiny touch of Autumn shows in the spots of aubergine and orange on the chestnut leaves. The turn in the season shows itself also in the crunch of squashed shells underfoot.

In the northern hemisphere we can feel that easing downhill from the Summer Solstice, turning our minds towards home.

COLOUR: I've talked about the ABC of Colour before, now it's time for the 3C's of decoration. It's such a vast area of study but if you want to see how it relates to picking colour schemes for your home then we hope you'll get enjoy our upcoming Youtube Colour Workshops by colour consultant, Isabella Codd.

Mid Winter can often get by-passed in the last minute dash to Christmas. The shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere is quite magical. Shafts of Mid Winter light penetrating the darkest corners of Newgrange come to mind.