My wife and I took a walk into the woods above our house yesterday. It was he last walk with the dogs before going out of town for a few days. I came along in order to learn the nuances of successfully walking the dogs without her. Will they mind me, or will I lose them? I'm not a "dog person." But our dogs are pretty darn nice as dogs go. I didn't bring my camera so I could pay better attention to my instructor. But, I did bring my phone in case one of our kids texted their need for a ride somewhere. I was excited to find the False Solomon's Seal I photographed in flower a couple of months ago had produced a bunch of berries and the birds had not got to them yet. Then I found another a few yards away. I find these colors exciting. And these photos are better than I usualy get with the phone. I'm still kind of an iPhone klutz.
On the way around the big green water tank, I spotted a Blue Elderberry bush laden with fruit.
If I weren't so busy, I'd have picked these and tried to make a jar of jam. I hope somebody else discovered these and does the same. Or maybe make some wine. Don't forget to cook them and not risk kidney damage. And, if you're at a little bit higher altitude and run across the Red Elder, don't eat them at all. They're pretty toxic.
Another reason for not bringing along the camera is that I was quite aware that I've accumulated several posts with pictures over the last week or two without keeping up on generating text. All these stories are rattling around in my head and getting mixed up with my lessons plans for three courses for the coming week. But the stories are still in there somewhere. Maybe I can backtrack and squeeze them out before they disappear into my subconscious, or I start revising them and drifting into fiction.
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