Thursday, September 22, 2011

Calm Between Storms

The past week has been quite rainy and stormy. The clouds broke and the sun came through this morning, however – a respite before another storm system is forecast to hit this evening.

I went out to the beach and walked to Hungry Point and back. Click on image below to view the album.

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Mushrooms

A couple of Sundays ago I attended a mushroom workshop where we learned to identify a few of the easily identified edible mushrooms in the area. I’ve gone out since and collected some of them.

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Winter Chanterelles

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Angel Wing Mushrooms

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Hedgehog Mushroom

The Winter Chanterelles are fairly plentiful nearby. On the trail I use, I’ve only seen the Angel Wings in three locations. I happened to stumble across the Hedgehog along the path.

There are real Chanterelles on the island – just farther away and I have to find them. There are also supposed to be larger Hedgehogs also, but again, requires a longer drive.