last acorns

I finally cracked the last gathered white oak acorns a few days ago.

They were all bad. Had been in a single layer in a basket that I agitated quite often, I didn't see any visible mold on the outsides, but once opened, those not insect infested or rotted to a powder, had this discoloration- starting to spoil.

Threw them all out. 

I'm still gathering a whole lot of pin oak acorns out of the yard, every few days, to dispose of on walks in the woods . . . where I think the animals have been eating them, because the last spot I dumped acorns, I found a pile of deer droppings this time. 

Well at least they were discovered by the wildlife, outside of my yard.