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Chanterelles for Lunch
Mike, Walter and I ranged a little farther north than usual in search of mushrooms. The new territory didn't yield any boletes or chanterelles, but we collected some wild ginger and a few early cranberries before heading over to Chanty Camp. Back in familiar environs...
Pueblo Viejo
Few have seen this sight and lived.
Oooo Mommy
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Book Club
Book club was at mom's house tonight, so Andy brought mom up here for dinner while our wives were otherwise occupied. I spent the day scouring the house and cooking. We had pork loin and cornbread. Andy brought a salad, wine and beer. After dinner we had drinks,...
Morels for Breakfast
Between the drought and fierce competition, I have not found many morels this season. But this morning I did have three mushrooms and about as many stalks of asparagus. I scalded the morels in water while I chopped and fried some bacon. When the bacon was...
Good Afternoon
9/6/26 Noonish 65F (18.3C) Foggy with the rain tapering off. Several days of thunder and rain have soaked the ground and broken the summer drought. Amy, Walter and I hopped in the truck and headed to Chanty Camp for the first foray of the rainy season....
Pueblo Viejo
Few have seen this sight and lived.
Good Evening
8/23/26 9:00 64F (17.7C) AQI 48 This evening is slightly hazy with the scent of wood smoke, but the moon is waxing gibbous and the stars are shining bright. We just got back from six days at the coast and I couldn't resist a soak before bed. I watched a star go...
Good Morning
8/20/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) Blue sky alternating with fog blown about by a light breeze blowing from the NW. A single drip has soaked a spot just above my pillow. I got up at 5:00 to use the head, about 1/8 mile walk in the blackness through heavy swirling mist....
Good Afternoon
8/11/26 The wind being favorable and the wildfire smoke having abated, Walter, Mike and I decided to spend the day by a stream in the woods. We arrived late morning and found we had the place to ourselves. Except for Cocaine Bear. Quickly retrieving our bear guns, we...
Good Morning
10/20/26 5:45 41F (5C) AQI 21 Stars blink through shifting clouds. No wind, no creatures moving in the dark. Aside from the whiring tires of the occasional passing car, it is very quiet. Walter, satisfied with the results of his earlier patrol, rests on...
Good Morning
10/19/26 7:00 43F (6.1C) AQI 18 Hints of pink decorate the grey overcast. A light, intermittent breeze ripples through the trees, fluttering leaves as it passes. Good morning. ...
Good Morning
10/18/26 6:45 37F (2.7C) AQI 19 A few stars still shine overhead when dawn lifts the blanket edge of night. A weak breeze flutters through the dried ruins of corn stalks and gently sways the birch. Walter argues with someone down the road, still grumbling well...
Good Morning
10/17/26 5:45 48F (8.88C) AQI 40 Quiet, dark and calm. It feels warmer this morning. A breeze licks the inside of my ear; a gentle caress, a fleeting cariño, nothing more. Stars shine through the broken clouds. Orion chases his prey through the oaks, dogs...
Good Morning
10/16/26 5:45 39F (3.8C) AQI 35 Dark and windless. Quiet. The waxing quarter moon set about eight hours ago, leaving the sky a black backdrop for a myriad of glimmering stars. Something moving south to north dragging a faintly luminescent tail scattered...
