Monday, September 20, 2010

Not a Dang Thing

On Sunday I ventured a mushroom hunting trip up to Mt. Hood but found nothing but some beautiful sights, soggy feet, and a drowned iPhone.

I find it strange that we do not incorporate more wild beauty—not to be confused with weedy neglect—into our urban landscapes.

This is a great little area of rolling volcanic ash soil covered in mosses and lichens with an open mix of conifers — stunted little lodgepole pine, white fir and western hemlock. I would be in heaven if my front yard looked like this!

I love a good old snag. I suppose they are a hazard, but wouldn't those be lovely scattered about town?


This is a neat little native non-invasive blackberry.

Native cornus forbes. I adore them.

Brittish Soldier lichens.


The angular, buzzing, crackling power lines made a wonderful contrast with the soft misty mountain side and low evening light from the west.

Where are the mushrooms?

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