#hickorynutgorge

Setting Limits with an Peeping Bear / Nosy Neighbor.
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#blacksmith
#ursusamericanus
#blackbear
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#settinglimits
#nosyneighbor
#hickorynutgorge
#mountainlife
#conservingcarolina
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRJcCwrhgLM/?utm_medium=tumblr

More reasons I like the rain…
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#blacksmithing
#Monotropauniflora
#ghostplant
#ghostpipe
#Indianpipe
#nochlorophyll
#hickorynutgorge
#plantmedicine
#naturalremedies
#foraging
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQowticBXTH/?utm_medium=tumblr

I like the rains because…
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#blacksmithing
#mycology
#boletus
#russula
#mushroomsofinstagram
#forestfloor
#hickorynutgorge
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoi__Sh2kE/?utm_medium=tumblr

Guess it’s time to take the bird feeder down for a while.
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#blacksmith
#ursusamericanus
#blackbear
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#hickorynutgorge
#mountainlife
#conservingcarolina
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZe23LhiR7/?utm_medium=tumblr

Mushroom Nest
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#blacksmithing
#ideasfromnature
#littlebrownmushroom
#mycology
#fungi
#decay
#mushroomsofinstagram
#forestfloor
#conservingcarolina
#hickorynutgorge
#appalachianmountains
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CP2-TPghx62/?utm_medium=tumblr

Glowworm Glowing
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#blacksmithing
#glowworm
#glowinthedark
#bioluminescence
#nighttime
#forestfloor
#hickorynutgorge
#conservingcarolina
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPx9RCghqiN/?utm_medium=tumblr

A Field of False Solomon’s Seal

Maianthemum racemosum, the treacleberry, feathery false lily of the valley, false Solomon’s seal, Solomon’s plume or false spikenard, is a species of flowering plant native to North America (source: Wikipedia)
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#blacksmithing
#falsesolomonsseal
#maianthemumracemosum
#nativewildflowers
#medicinalplants
#hickorynutgorge
#conservingcarolina
#forestlife
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlBt2ph9Y1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Some Little Brown Mushrooms
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#blacksmithing
#ideasfronature
#littlebrownmushroom
#mycology
#fungi
#decay
#mushroomsofinstagram
#pandemiclife
#forestfloor
#conservingcarolina
#hickorynutgorge
#appalachianmountains
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/COagEqFBxiO/?igshid=3taf4zm17jg8

Our view of yesterday’s controlled burn at Florence Nature Preserve in the Hickory Nut Gorge.
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#blacksmithing
#controlledburn
#smokeythebear
#conservingcarolina
#florencenaturepreserve
#hickorynutgorge
#healthyforests
#asheville
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNba_6bhXxm/?igshid=qhc081yg1d6e

Perfect Polypore Presentation
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#blacksmithing
#polypore
#mycology
#fungi
#decay
#mushroomsofinstagram
#fantasticfungi
#paulstamets
#pandemiclife
#forestfloor
#conservingcarolina
#hickorynutgorge
#appalachianmountains
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLATP9ThkCh/?igshid=be3ux54cuzaq

Just Grooming the Slopes
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#blacksmithing
#snowblower
#snowday
#husqvarna
#pandemiclife
#hickorynutgorge
#nodayoff
#mountainlife
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLARONtB_uc/?igshid=hb59exs45i36

Homemade hot cocoa served in merch from our local general store: Bearwallow Provision Company. Visit @bearproco on your way to the Gerton Helipad.
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#blacksmithing
#bearwallowprovisioncompany
#hotchocolate
#snowday
#mountainlife
#hickorynutgorge
#pimpingthemerch
#hiking
#buylocal
#asheville
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ11hddBGHx/?igshid=1maffxblqi8mu

Sunday’s Spectacular Shroom Spread fruiting in the local woods of the Upper Hickory Nut Gorge.
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#blacksmithing
#ideasfromnature
#mycology
#fungi
#mycelium
#mushroomsofinstagram
#fantasticfungi
#paulstamets
#forestfloor
#conservingcarolina
#hickorynutgorge
#foraging
#appalachianmountains
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcwHlNro4y/?utm_medium=tumblr

Well head cover needed a little curious Bear Repair.
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#blacksmith
#ursusamericanus
#blackbear
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#fakerock
#nosyneighbor
#hickorynutgorge
#mountainlife
#conservingcarolina
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIQeOlrH3D/?utm_medium=tumblr

The waning of the Milkweed blooms. I’m savoring the last of these fragrant beauties.
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#blacksmithing
#milkweed
#asclepias
#monarchbutterfly
#danausplexippus
#butterfly
#catepillar
#migration
#hickorynutgorge
#pollinators
#wildflowers
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSr2TWiLMYx/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today’s little gift fruiting in the woods of the Upper Hickory Nut Gorge.
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#blacksmithing
#ideasfromnature
#mycology
#fungi
#mycelium
#mushroomsofinstagram
#fantasticfungi
#forestfloor
#conservingcarolina
#hickorynutgorge
#foraging
#appalachianmountains
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkarD5L8pJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Fantastic Fungi fruiting in the local woods of the Upper Hickory Nut Gorge.
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#blacksmithing
#ideasfromnature
#mycology
#fungi
#mycelium
#mushroomsofinstagram
#fantasticfungi
#paulstamets
#forestfloor
#conservingcarolina
#hickorynutgorge
#foraging
#appalachianmountains
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSVYkuULn5e/?utm_medium=tumblr

Monotropa hypopitys, the so-called Dutchman’s pipe, false beech-drops, pinesap, or yellow bird’s-nest. This plant resembles the Ghost-Pipe plant both contain no chlorophyll.
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#blacksmithing
#dutchmanspipe
#monotropahypopitys
#forestfloor
#hickorynutgorge
#conservingcarolina
#hiking
#ideasfromnature
#karlblossfeldt
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSVSja3Lzhh/?utm_medium=tumblr

Lilium michauxii: The Carolina Lily
This trio has been thwarted in its attempts to bloom for many years.
2021 is the year!!
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#blacksmithing
#carolinalily
#liliummichauxii
#lilies
#wildflowers
#hickorynutgorge
#mountainlife
#conservingcarolina
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSGBV8FrotH/?utm_medium=tumblr

Pleasing Pandemic Project
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#blacksmithing
#pandemicprojects
#stocktankpool
#rubbermaid
#lapeyrestair
#lapeyre
#hickorynutgorge
#cabinporn
#mountainlife
#faerie
#maker (at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSCQJNxrWjH/?utm_medium=tumblr

Humans and all life are deeply interconnected with fungi throughout and beyond our lifecycle.
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#blacksmithing
#mycology
#fantasticfungi
#mycelium
#mushrooms
#mushroomsofinstagram
#conservingcarolina
#forestfloor
#hickorynutgorge
#faerie
#maker
(at Gerton Helipad)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CR3zYVDrfF3/?utm_medium=tumblr