Leilani built a beautiful town from Lincoln Logs, and asked me to take a photo (with the camera that has a working flash)
But then came the dreaded cat monster. Leilani feared him like King-Kong. (I suppose she had reason to)
But the monster just inspected the town, then my camera, and went…
….straight back to Leilani to become a cuddly cat again.
All is well that ends well. But even the stuffed animals sometimes knock over blocks and logs….
Last weekend (Jan 29/30) we went on a mushroom foray at the Mendecino Coast
Before we left. Leilani takes every chance to demonstrate how strong she is.
Over 70 participants met for breakfast in the big hall
Some participants at the start of Phil’s foray
We started on a forest road
Belen found the biggest edible mushroom – a pigs ear.
Bicyclists had built ramps
The end of the “official” foray. But we kept going until it was too dark to see.
Some of us kept going. Some just played.
The loot. Mostly yellow feet and hedgehogs
Sonja’s happy.
All the species of mushrooms were presented in the lab. 217 total.
These were not brought to the lab. I cleaned and cooked about 12 pounds (after cleaning, before cooking), that’s probably less than a third on the photo. Leilani actually protested the first non-mushroom meal in 3 days… and we have 5 portions frozen.
The kids played for a while, then they actually helped me clean the mushrooms.
Sunday we went out on our own with Kelby, Belen and Sylvia. We doubled out loot.
We had a freezing cold luncgh at this pretty spot
We tried to make it to Kass creek, but the roads were closed and it was too far to walk. So we went to this pretty forest along 20 and picked some more mushrooms.
Andy and Leilani played at the stream.
Pigs Ears
Winter chanterelles or yellowfeet
Coral mushroom
Yellow waxy cap
Club or coral?
Maybe dried up chicken lips
Waxy cap
Hygrocybe miniata (another waxy cap)
Little grey mushrooms
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