28.2.23
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
13.2.23
26.1.23
Deer drinking fromThe Chewuch River.
Mule deer. Very large deer.
25.1.23
Snowy days in the snow country. Art Galleries.
23.1.23
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
In Search of Snow and Frozen Rivers..
The search for snow goes on…
Snowy frozen rivers like the Mad River in Entiat, which flows of course. It’s not totally frozen. But it might be depending upon the temperatures and snow covering.
Found this river searching for snow many years ago but even though I’ve returned a few times to see it this way again, it hasn’t happened until now. It’s worth looking for the frozen beauty of this fast flowing river.
Was going to stay in Leavenworth a few nights, maybe longer but it was a Saturday night. The rooms increased over double in a short period of time. And higher.
Some rooms were over 400.00 easy.
Drove on an hour to Chelan. No big deal. There were options closer but was headed to Chelan anyway.
No new snow is falling. Not sure where to go from here. But will stay another day and see what’s going on around here before heading either to Stehekin via boat up the lake 52 miles.
Or and ..Twisp and Winthrop and around those places for snow shoeing and x-country skiing.
Mazama perhaps.
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