Friday 3 August 2012

Fun things to do in the morning...

Not what you think !

We have had enough rain coupled with hot days, that Bob says are perfect to find mushrooms. On top of it the moon was in the right phase and we thus decided to head over to the forest again.

Last time we drove with my parents and did an unforeseen sight seeing trip around the forest, which had me thinking that breadcrumbs would have been helpful.
But Bob knew exactly where do drive. Just walking in a forest is so calming, soothing and educational. For me two things are top of the list: watching my step in case of animal droppings, and tucking my pants into the socks ( a very trendy look ) in case of ants or ticks.

Bob and I went on different " turfs " and we each tried to be the first to find a mushroom. We were both lucky. There were so many different clusters of mushrooms. All together we picked roughly thirty. All you could hear in the forest were shouts of " Look how big this one is " or " Come and look here "
Gosh, something so simple and basic, gave us great pleasure.

Both of us are not yet familiar with the varying mushroom types. The dangerous ones are deceptively similar to the edible ones. That's why we headed over to my mum. She is so amazing with her knowledge. Like a proud cat bringing a mouse, we showed her our find. We were so excited and giddy with our big find. That lasted for about five minutes. It turns out that most of them were inedible mushrooms ! Slightly dejected we took them all back to the forest.

Oh, the agony and ecstasy of Mushroom picking....

Biggi

First find.

I think the little one is edible ?

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