I’m participating in an upcoming Summer Salon exhibition at Yumart. Opening Reception: Saturday July 26th, 2014 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Exhibition continues to Saturday August 16th. This is a show that will be packed full of work by the following participating artists: Isaac Applebaum, Christopher… Read More
All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
Long Branch Tuesday Morning 7:20 am
Hit the snooze button- and make that an all day one!
Ontario Mushrooms
I was just looking at the stats for this blog and I could not help but notice that many of the visitors here came looking for information about foraging for wild mushrooms or cooking wild mushrooms. There have been searches for edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms,… Read More
Front Garden Update
The front garden this season is so happy. It’s hard to look at it without smiling.
Milo’s Garden Adventure
Milo is a senior cat who has had outdoor privileges for a long time. He’s been with us a few weeks now, and this afternoon he demanded I let him out. He rubbed against me, ran to the door, scratched the door and meowed. I… Read More
Foraging….checking out some new spots
Today was an exploration day. The dogs and I found ourselves in some interesting forests today, and as a bonus we found enough mushrooms for a couple dinners. Mostly I found chanterelles. There were a few boletes around but they were mostly not in the… Read More
Salad bowl banjo – progress report
I’ve rough-cut the wood I’ll be using for the banjo neck. Next step is to laminate the pieces and then start the shaping. For the second photo I’ve laid out the pieces pre-shaping but you can imagine from the layout how the banjo will look… Read More
Long Branch Good Morning from 27th St
Nap time for Gracie and Phyllis
Summer Wages
I could listen to David Bromberg sing Summer Wages 100 times in a row and never get bored. Once in a while I like to have a look on the YouTube machine to see if there’s a version I’ve missed. Let’s not forget it was… Read More



