On the trail of...

[oji]

Epigaea repens.

 

[oji]

Other things along the trail.

 

[Teegate]

Your photography skills have improved substantially since you first started doing this. Very nice!

Guy

 

[turtle]

"Other things along the trail"....

oji,
I am curious to attempt making a soup from lichens. I came across a recipe a few weeks ago. Perhaps I can convince Glo to taste test the batch on her visit.....
Anyone ever make or taste it? I'll report after the fact if we survive!

kame ( ? )
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[oji]

Thanks Guy, It's a fun hobby! Kame, just add some bacon and it should be fine!

 

[manumuskin]

Trailing Arbutus and Tin Soldier Lichen???

 

[turtle]

Oji, I was thinking clams and salt pork.....so you're close! Perhaps something a little more mild so I can get a taste for the lichen..... BTW, Al had me eating cat brier shoots one outing, telling me they taste like asparagus

Al, yes to trailing arbutus-british soldier lichen-broccoli lichen-false reindeer lichen-and furrowed shield lichen.....pretty sure. I'm saving you some soup!

turtle

 

[oji]

It's located on a hillside above the roaring rapids of Bisphams Mill Creek, just downstream from Turkey Buzzard Bridge.

 

[bobpbx]

Tom, have you smelled the arbutus flower heads yet?

 

[oji]

They're just starting to bloom. I'm going to check them again on Tuesday. I was told that they are very fragrant. I checked the pyxie at the bombing range today and saw just a dozen blooming.

 

[manumuskin]

Oji, I was thinking clams and salt pork.....so you're close! Perhaps something a little more mild so I can get a taste for the lichen..... BTW, Al had me eating cat brier shoots one outing, telling me they taste like asparagus

Al, yes to trailing arbutus-british soldier lichen-broccoli lichen-false reindeer lichen-and furrowed shield lichen.....pretty sure. I'm saving you some soup!

turtle

putting my order in now and I want some of your husbands ice tea mix to go with it
Al

 

[oji]

I gave it the sniff test but smelled nothing. Maybe because it just opened.

 

[oji]

With all the Oaks dead from the Gypsy Moths are Pines going to start to dominate these areas?

 

[oji]

Just out of the mud.

 

[Teegate]

Looks like that snapper had a rough winter.

Guy

 

[oji]

He was really enjoying the sun. When I picked him up to move him to a safe spot he started hissing and snapping.

 

[Teegate]

Still grouchy after a long winters sleep ..... you just can't make them happy.

Guy

 

[piker56]

Just out of the mud.

How big was the snapper? There wasn't a reference for size in the picture, just curious. My favorite picture of my wife is when she was moving baby snappers off a road and I took her picture with one in the palm of her hand. Wasn't big enough to do any damage yet.

Enjoyed the pictures.
Greg

 

[oji]

He was only about 6" side to side at the shell. I picked him up with one hand.