Day: September 13, 2010
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Busts or an odd success? My experiments with Fruit & Fall Colours ....
As much as I want to hold onto summer,
alas it is not always so, and a much wetter
and earlier fall than last year when it did not frost until the first week in October.
So have been experimenting with both:
- my new Nikkon camera and
- what to do with the fruit such as the Evans cherry tree in the yard and apples gathered with my picking group
Fruit Bust:
Dehydrating cherries too labour intensive for the result..
drying of the cherries in the dehydrator..pitted and cut on half but seem to be sticking..did them overnight and I have one of those circular plastic mesh dehydrators. Came out rather un even some really flat and crispy and others still slightly cherry like. Found if I removed them immediately not so hard as when letting them cool. Very labour intensive...think I will stick to apple rings.
Fruit Success:
Made 10 small jam jars tonight but substituted Evans cherries 2/3 and strawberries 1/3....
The sweetness of strawberries, tang of vinegar and heat of pepper create a perfectly balanced preserve to enjoy with cheese and crackers. Camera Bust:18 sequential photos of dogs running with the push of one button on the camera.....
Camera Sucess:
have to learn more on its usageA
bout 30 excellant photos of changing fall colours
in the rivervalley
and some macroshots
of maturing flowers,
a busy wasp
and a purple thistle
at different stages.
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