Good news, got a new laptop … bad news took a week to get it and the software I typically use to post to this blog working. My workflow is to capture pix as we stumble about and then at the end of the day pull those images into Lightroom, add some meta-data in the form of tags and titles and then upload to Flickr.com. While writing a post it’s very simple to grab images from Flickr and a WordPress plugin links to my flickr account placing those images in the side bar of my blog. Laptop, well more to the point software update messed up the workflow. In the end it was a few simple tweeks but the new lightroom changed how Flickr exports work … i actually had to read some instructions … seems to be working fine, back in business.
The shift of seasons is underway. With harvest marking the close of summer we are finding lots of local fruit and produce.
Have made two trips to this orchard to pick peaches, same place we went for blueberries. First time we got nearly 30 lbs of Suncrest which were canned, some in light syrup, a few as spiced peaches and a few sliced to freeze. Last week we pick 20 lbs of Veterans which are going to become chutney … more on that when it happens.
It’s great to be able to pick peaches a few minutes from the house. This place is only open on specific days, and then typically from 8am to noon and this last time we got there at 8:15 only to find the place packed and the trees picked over pretty heavy. The Alberta crop will be ready in another week, going to try to get there early and hope to not have to fight the crowds.
In the mean time we are cutting/stacking firewood and killing blackberry bushes. Days getting shorter, nights cooler and the feel of fall is in the air … school is going to start very soon and then summer will be over … hard to think of fall with a ripe peach in your hand … js
