I hadn't thought of letting the fruit thaw a little. I've put frozen fruit into a blender with a dash of juice or milk to make yummy things ranging in texture from sorbet to milk-shake, depending upon how much liquid was added. I'll have to buy some frozen berries and experiment with how well it works without adding liquids.

I agree with the writing part. Often I don't even look at the notes again, simply writing it down is enough. I did run into problems with the first draft of notes for how to make the salt cylinders though--I'd done a couple of quick sketches, but didn't include enough informaiton in my drawings to distinguish amongst the many bits and pieces of metal in the drawer, as I was trying to get everything down as fast as he was working. This week, when I did the work myself he kept getting called away to talk to people, which gave me time to do more detailed sketches which scale bars and verbal descriptions of the parts needed, so that I will be able to get the correct ones next time. Having done so, I doubt I'll ever need to look at that page again...