Steadily Homestead: January 2016

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Walking, Drawing, and Building Bridges

This last 8 days have been a resplendent variety of indoors and outdoors. From walking the roads to check that the ditches drain properly during the heavy rains, to drawing indoors. A perfect balance.

Plus, it feels great to get the hand-saw out and fell some sapplings and builds 4 new bridges.

Tall, sprite, and straight lumber.

Setting them in place (and dropping my phone in the creek afterwards)

Here's a second smaller bridge for crossing the lower creek. I'm no Daniel Boone, but this thing works!

And there's always fungi hiding out, and crying out: "fry me in faaaaaaat!"

Jumping contest between Gus and i.

An overgrown birdhous. . .

Ciao for now folks,
May the Totoro be with you!

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Mega-Freaky-Fungi!!!

The wild, the weird, and the . . . well . . . delicious!

Fungi: its what's for dinner.

(This is a Black Fluted Elfin Saddle - exquisite in texture, like noodles in a Chinese dish!)

(Here you see the variety of Elfin Saddle sizes with a Coral fungi centerpiece)

(Chopped and nearly ready to stir fry with some chard and mustard greens)

(∆∆∆∆∆∆∆∆)

(Violá!)

To eat like a king – often you have to scavenge the grounds like peasant. Royal flavor from the loyal mushrooms that never cease to amaze in their regularly providing opulence of edible resources.

Now check this out – a mushroom walks into a bar.

Bartender says, "We don't serve mushrooms."

Mushroom says, "But I'm a 'fun guy.'"

Bartender says, "I just said we don't serve fungi."

Mushroom says, "No, no, not 'fungi,' 'fun guy,' i made a pun. . . "

Bartender says, "Get the fuck out of my bar."