….on banjo, I came across this video featuring the amazing Jens Kruger, which makes me seriously consider chopping up my banjo to use as kindling for a blazing accordion fire. I am so looking forward to seeing the Kruger Brothers at Hugh’s Room here in… Read More
I’ve noticed, looking at the stats for this blog, that quite a few people have been searching for ways to prepare lobster mushrooms. Here’s one way – the way I prepared them for dinner tonight in fact. Lobster mushroom and sausage omelet You need: lobster… Read More
The Mushroom Hunters – On the Trail of an Underground America, by Langdon Cook, explores a foraging culture the extent of which I had never imagined. The massive extraction on tasty edibles from the woods of the mountain west is driven by popularity of local… Read More
Last night we finished up our little grizzly bear project. I’m going to attach some stakes to the back and a buttress for stability and install the bear out back at the edge of our little wooded bit. You know, out by the imagination station.… Read More
These mushrooms appeared overnight, growing from our backyard pressure bench. We’ve had this bench for years and have never seen any fungi growing from it. How strange.
This morning, Memphis and I headed up to the Enchanted Mushroom Forest to see if we could find some tasty edibles. Ellie Mae really wanted to join us (for those who are not regular readers, Memphis and Ellie Mae are our Newfoundland dogs) but with… Read More
Yesterday when I told some friends we were going square dancing, most people I talked to weren’t sure just what happened at a square dance. Friends said, “I could never do that”. Believe me, if I can do it, anybody can do it. The caller… Read More
We had a fun time at the Hogtown Hoedown tonight. Hannah Naiman was the caller and the band was the All Day Breakfast Stringband, from Montreal. We are not great square dancers but fortunately, there were dancers of all levels there. Our caller taught all… Read More
I wrote a few days ago about the problem Ellie Mae has been having with her rear right leg. She’s been taking an anti-inflammatory and pain meds, and we’ve reduced her exercise . Ellie has shown great improvement and today she’s been going for walks… Read More
…with Leon The fishin’ is always good, even when the catchin’ isn’t.
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