It's Autumn!

It's autumn for the first time in two years!

The November weather in Hong Kong was blissfully cool after a year in Manila. We pulled out the blankets -- what we have for blankets, at any rate -- and the long-sleeve shirts. The cats curled up under the blankets with us. And Hong Kong's bakeries rolled out their attractive fall pastry lines. These pumpkins -- which each have a small pretzel stick in the role of the stem -- were on sale throughout the fall at the Das Gout bakeries.