Sorry it has been a week since my last post. It has been a very busy week, indeed.
In the good news department...I found my camera battery charger! It was (and I hate this phrase) 'the last place I looked'. "Of course, it was!" I always want to shout at people. Once you find any missing item, you stop looking for it.
In this case, however, I truly believe that I had looked just about everywhere else that it could have conceivably (and even not conceivably) been. I went on a beautiful and wonderful autumn camping and kayaking trip this past weekend and I was determined to take photos. I am so glad that I was persistent in the search. The photos speak for themselves, I think. These are actually raw photos, for the most part. The only thing that I really did to them was to crop them. That was it. The colors were truly as vibrant as they are in the photos -- possibly even more so.
At any rate, I searched and searched and searched for that camera battery. I had intended to meet my friends at the campground at around 7 p.m. It was a 2+ hour drive from my house to the campground. So much for good intentions. I left the house a little after 11 p.m. and arrived at Occoneechee State Park at shortly after 1 a.m. with camera in hand and a fully charged battery ready to go.
It was a beautiful weekend of camping. The weather was crisp and cold. The colors were splendid and the company and cameraderie of the group were both amazing. Quite a contrast from the Columbus Day weekend trip. This one was beyond pleasant -- it was truly therapeutic. We had a great time.
My son watched my dogs and my turkeys for me and he did a fine job. However, I forgot to tell him about the yeast and to instruct him what to do with it. It didn't even dawn on me until I returned home. After three days without TLC, I think that it is beyond resuscitation. It is just an ooey, gooey mess that doesn't appear to have any real life to it.
I am not about to give up, though. I picked up some Concord Grapes today and I will start to try to grow yeast from them beginning tomorrow. I am not going away overnight for a while again, so I will be home to take good care of my little yeasty project. Now that I have the camera back up and working again, I will chronicle it for you.
In the meantime...I hope that you enjoy these photos of my most recent weekend adventure!
