High Bush Cranberries

The High Bush Cranberries are ready.  (Viburnum trilobum)

 

I really don’t have time to make jelly but I sure would like to. You can make jelly, jam or sauce from the berries.

Leaf identification; three lobed leaves with veins that are well defined.

 

The fruit is tart and tastes much like the true cranberries.

This one bush in our driveway may yield one jar of jam…maybe….jam is faster than jelly!  I would need to scout out more to make a batch.

I need more hours in my day…and it gets dark earlier everyday.  Welcome Fall I guess, but I am not quite ready for you.   The lawn was mulched for the second time yesterday 5-8 more times and then it will snow.

Rainy Day Activities

Chance’s inner alarm needs to be reset.  He had to go out at 6:30 AM.  It was raining.  It rained on and off all day, the high was about 55 degrees.  Several people we talked to said “At least it isn’t the white stuff.”   We may have had one very light frost, but have escaped a hard freeze.

Some of the trees have colored to a golden light orange, even in the rain they were striking.

Have you ever been to an Alpaca farm?  Me neither. This little guy in the purple coat was just four hours old.  We had a wonderful tour of an Alpaca Farm by a fellow named Scott.

This weekend was National Alpaca Farm Tour Days.   I bet I could raise Alpacas if I had a barn and if I were younger, and had hay land and two guard dogs.  I am super impressed with their fleece and their personalities.  They all poop in a communal spot..easy keepers for sure…one area to clean up instead of the whole barn and barn yard.  

If you are ever in the Backus area you might want to check out their farm.  After the farm tour we headed over to the Chain Saw Carving Event in Hackensack… more about that some other day.   It was a fun day..we came home and had a nap:)

Fall Lists

Do you make lists? I do, and Far Guy does, sometimes he will add stuff to an old list just so he has many things that he can cross off. He did that yesterday. I read his list..and laughed..most of it had been done months ago. He makes his list on the computer and prints it out...now that is going a bit too far.

Full moon on September 04, 2009

I have to add something to my photography wish list.. I wish I could photograph a ____________. I don't know what to wish for. Moose, Bear, Mountains, Great Lake.. any suggestions? Lightening, a rainbow, a double rainbow, a Flax field and a Beefalo calf are all still on my summer wish list. I am thinking maybe I need a Fall list.. and I should put away my summer wish list..I did manage to get that wonderful sunflower field. I attempted to photograph a lightening storm with no luck. The Beefalo calves are no longer cute and all legs, they only spent a few days in their front pasture. The Flax fields were non existent, and rainbows are few and far between this year.

Make it work!! Those doggone power lines are always in my way... Moon shot...this one made me smile. This would have turned out better but I don't carry the tripod in the car.

Some of the things on my Fall work list :

Help Far Guy in refinishing the log steps. This is no small project either..and is already causing frustrations.

Repaint the very old dinette set. Big project..involves lots of sanding..etc..I am tired of the green that they are painted now..I have blue paint..but now I am thinking maybe I want them yellow or cream :( :( Far Guy just may kill me after he reads this..cobalt blue is his favorite color.

Touch up the front door. It needs just a little paint. No changing colors allowed!

Clean up my garage.

Wash all the windows and give them a coat of Glass Wax..it is a pain but I know it helps to keep them all cleaner when it rains/snows.

Fall work..stuff that makes my life easier or more enjoyable INSIDE during the winter:)