Finally Finishing Walnuts

It’s hard to capture in a picture what is not there, but this one does show my final day of shelling walnuts.
It was a slow-go working my way through the buckets of nuts that were dried and ready to be shelled.
A couple of quarts of nutmeats have already been caramelized with brown sugar, cinnamon and a hint of ginger for easy snacking, and for garnishing green salads. I prefer a sprinkling of nuts rather than croutons.
Now that this project is complete and 6 gallon bags of walnut meats are sealed and sitting in the freezer, I can clean off my workspace (the top of the chest freezer) and get back to doing other fall projects before we are knee-deep into winter.