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Winter.

My one and only love.

How I've missed you so!

Gleaming puddles,

raindrops tap-dancing

on umbrellas,

cold, crisp sheets

and of course,

the baking.

I used

this recipe

for a

banana date loaf

which was oh-so heavenly

that I quickly decided to

make another but alas,

no more bananas!

So I added instead

300 grams of

cooked buttercup squash

and it too

came out mighty fine.

I gobbled down

countless slices

with a glass of milk,

watching the flames flicker

in the fireplace.

The hasty

disappearance

of both loaves

is ample evidence

of their scrumptiousness.