#missouri nature
Road Trip Day 3
Alley Spring was the most adorable spring of my trip. The restored red house has a little visitor area. (I thought they were selling snow cones but they were not.)
The bluffs of Echo Bluff State Park are impressive. The luxurious digs are even more impressive. Maybe next year fancy cabins…
To top it all off this area of Missouri has ferral horses. Iknowright. We did not get to see them but, butt… they crap all over the fancy cabin’s playgrounds and trails.
Ha_la_ri_ous signs of nature.
10.11.21
DAY1
Road Trip Day 2
Uuuh yep, forgot to post the rest of the Shangri-La fall photos from my spring tour…behold Big Spring near Van Buren, MO. Sadly you can’t swim in this bit, but if you’re very hardy there is public river access just a few blocks down the road where you can take a dip. I made it up to my ankels.
The spring head is a noisy monster. It spews out about 286 million gallons of super chilly water per day.
10.10.21
DAY1
log petals
Half petrified false turkey tails. The predominant decor on last weekend’s hike. Something is going on with that last one. Weird.
Although they are growing alongside moss, their green shading comes from algae inhabiting the inactive zones of the mushroom.
Stereum ostrea. 12.19.21
Apioperdon pyriforme
An old silica quarry feels like snow on this bright autumn day.
Klondike Park, November 2021 MO.
Some really nice wood ear. It’s edible. You may recognize its Asian variety as an ingredient in your hot and sour soup. Yum!
November 2021, MO.
Happy November
No morels. Just cute snakes.
4.2.22
Spending time along the snow swollen river this week. I was inspired to order a chocolate shake on my way home.
Meremac River. 2.20.22
Hello Friends - I haven’t given a lot of time to my posting habit these days, but I’m still here lurking almost daily on your feeds.
This winter has been much different from the last, in terms of things-the-universe-wants-from-me™.
Apparently, I’m supposed to transition back to cubie life 5 days a week, find a snazzy new home, get back in shape from, you know, the last two years, and find time for my addictions to network political dramas, the expanding Star Trek universe, A03, creating more and more tasty Asian flavored home cooked meals, obsessing over my new Vampire RPG character, and making new friends (cause lots of mine just moved away - damn you inevitable career advnacments as we hurdle towards middle age). Oh, and trying to turn my ceramic arts hobby into a thing where I don’t bleed money.
In other news, I was able to spend a decent amount of time outdoors after the Missouri storms. I hope to show that to you…Just as soon as I work up the energy to keep moving my body after yesterday’s hike. >_<
A Christmas miracle
Flour, salt, pepper, nutritional yeast, butter, olive oil. (Yup nutritional yeast.)
Pleurotus ostreatus. 12.25.21
Wandering a local park this afternoon. I can always count on the tree fairies to brighten my day.
