Fall Mushroom Hunting...

One of my summer goals

was to learn the ropes of mushroom hunting...

 

we decided to focus on two varieties

to start with...

 

Morels in the spring

(here is a link to that post)

and Chanterelles in the fall..

 

 

here Chanterelle season really gets going

 after a good rain...

 

so the time was right...

 



simple tools,

for me...

 

a basket, a whistle, a knife

and a walking stick to swat spider webs...

 

my Mr. is much more prepared,

with a GPS...

 

we have carefully studied

what to look for...

 

the right habitat,

and right characteristics,

with mushrooms it better safe than sorry...

 



 

we find dozens of different kinds...

 

 

each amazing...

 



and unique...

 



a fairy world...

 

 

this one I almost picked,

but being a newbie played it safe...

 

only to regret it later,

it was a Lobster Mushroom...

 

 

at the end of the day,

empty baskets...

 

but happy,

a day hiking in the woods

 is never a bad day...

 

 

now obsessed,

we had to try again...

 

we try different woods...

 

and success,

Chanterelles...

 

 a picture blurry from excitement...

 

in the end we found one pound of Chanterelles,

and one more Lobster Mushroom

that I brought home that time...

 



 

My hunting partner,

and sweetheart of twenty one years...

 

Thanks for joining me today...

August's Last Garden Stroll...

How about a little garden stroll?

 

It's just a little one,

it has been a dry year here,

and I have had a garden hose in my hand

 much more than a camera...

 

the first good rain

 since before the Fourth of July fell this morning,

I think I heard the garden slurp...

and sigh...

 

I am looking forward to things

plumping up...

 

 

soft ruffles of roses...

 

 

the Wedgewood Rose,

nodding her sweet head...

the Mortimer Sackler Climbing Rose

reached the top of the trellis

this week...

 



 

the girls

soaking up some sun...

 

Iris is still a playful pup,

Daisy has become serious,

and so mature...

 

Iris spends a lot of time taunting her...

 



 

the late summers golden sun,

filtering through Eden Roses...

 

Tonight I am joining

Outdoor Wednesday

 

Thanks for stopping by....

The Other Side...

The days of summer are fleeting...

 

there is so much to do,

so much to see...

 

 

a Sunday drive

 is one of the great pleasures

 of summer...

 

a pretty view

of the valley in

 Naches, Washington...

 

We go East,

across Mount Rainer,

to the other side...

 

to where Washingtonians

would call the dry side...

 



Apple country...

 



many orchards are

planting espalier style now...

 



 

I don't think it is as lovely

as old fashioned rows...

 

the grace of where the trees meet

forming arches...

 

wouldn't this be a beautiful setting

for a rustic fall wedding?

 



 

bins waiting

to be filled...

 

Washington Apples,

coming soon

 to a store near you...

 



a charming Victorian Farmhouse...

 



 

the chickens were also eager

 to do some Sunday traveling...

 

see what is on the other side,

of the road...

 

 

our view

riding off into the sunset,

heading back

home...

 

I'll be joining

A Return to Loveliness

 

Thanks for stopping by...