22nd

Today is a most happy occasion, wherein the autumnal equinox coincides with the birthdays of our dear Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.  I have had that birthday on my calendar ever since I got it in January, so this is a big day.  Mostly we bake ~Molasses cookies for the equinox, ~Seed-Cake (for the first time this year) for the Hobbits' birthday, ~Pie, for both. 

Also tea.  Must have tea.

And cozy meals, and mushroom eggs for breakfast.

And purple and pumpkin-y and autumnal clothes.

Happy Birthday my dear hobbits!

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"Bilbo and Frodo happened to have the same birthday, September 22nd.  'You had better come and live here, Frodo my lad,' said Bilbo one day; 'and then we can celebrate our birthday-parties comfortably together.' --The Fellowship

 

~unsweetened rooibos tea and fresh Seed-Cake!
{tomato and mozzarella with olive oil and basil, & sweet cold kombucha}

" 'Come along in and have some tea!' he[Bilbo] managed to say after taking a deep breath.

'A little beer would suit me better, if it is all the same to you, my good sir,' said Balin with the white beard.  'But I don't mind some cake--seed cake, if you have any.'

'Lots!'  Bilbo found himself answering, to his own surprise; and he found himself scuttling off, too, to the cellar to fill a pint beer-mug, and then to a pantry to fetch two beautiful round seed-cakes which he had baked that afternoon for his after-supper morsel. " --The Hobbit

I'm quite happy with how they turned out!