My rock found backpacking years ago, 6”x3”x2” weighs well over 4 lbs.

 It seems to have some rust and some crystals with rust stains. 

The crystals are opaque. Mostly with flat facings. 

I can’t decide if it’s calcite or quartz or what it could be. 

Meterorites are very heavy. But apparently lack crystals.. I have to test it for magnetism. It may be magnetic but not strong enough to hold something or repel it. 

Day n Night…Mukilteo sunset…tap photo at top then each photo will enlarge as you tap to next.

 

Snowed today. Large flakes but temp was a bit high. Maybe more tonight..

 Snow snow snow. 

Thank you for the snow. 

So the children who need to be outside 4-6 hours a day to be full of wonder, curiosity, to and use their bodies, drink up vitamin d. To have fun and develop will surely go out to play with parents. We need snow. 

I have no snow pics. Sorry. I went to the local bakery. To see Joe who is new there but he wasn’t in. He makes the best lattes there and reminds me of my young brother. 

So I have photos,…bakery Choux Choux 

Then had breakfast out. IHOP 

Lighthouse Beach

 

Deer drinking fromThe Chewuch River.

 

The deer come to the river to sleep at night. 

Mule deer. Very large deer. 

Snowy days in the snow country. Art Galleries.

                Galleries in Twisp and Winthrop

            Snow at Pearrygin State Park. 

The Lake was solid Ice. Many tracks on the ice of multiple deer. 

 

Sunsetting , lake Chelan

 

World Wild Life.......

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Chicken of the woods fungus, tastes like chicken?

I think this is The Chicken of The Woods fungus.

I found it growing at Rialto Beach. It was huge, I didn't know what it was, looks like it is edible, if I have id'd it correctly. Beautiful color and size, it was growing on a washed up log.

"Laetiporus sulphureus: The Chicken of the Woods

[ Basidiomycetes > Polyporales > Polyporaceae > Laetiporus . . . ]

"The "Chicken of the Woods" is a popular edible, and easily recognized by its color, soft texture, and absence of gills. I'm not a big fan (it's a little "fungus-y" for me), but I know many people who love it. The young rosettes and the tender edges from mature clusters are more palatable than the older, tougher specimens. Though the Chicken of the Woods is a safe and easily recognized edible mushroom, it should not be eaten raw; there are reports of people being adversely affected when the mushroom was not cooked. Recent mycological "splitting" has resulted in an array of species spanning North America, nearly all of which formerly "passed" as Laetiporus sulphureus. See the comments below for some of the details. Description: Ecology: Parasitic and saprobic; growing alone or, more typically, in large clusters on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods and conifers; summer and fall, rarely in winter and spring; widely distributed as a species cluster, but the "true" Laetiporus sulphureus may be limited to areas east of the Rocky Mountains (see below). Laetiporus sulphurues causes a reddish brown cubical heart rot, with thin areas of white mycelium visible in the cracks of the wood. The mushrooms do not appear until well after the fungus has attacked the tree; by the time the chickens appear, they are definitely coming home to roost, as far as the tree's health is concerned. Fruiting Body: 5-60 cm broad, up to 4 cm thick; fan-shaped to obtusely semicircular; smooth to gently wrinkled; suedelike; bright yellow to bright orange when young, frequently fading in maturity and with direct sunlight." Mushroomexpert. com