Close your eyes, breathe in the fresh air, listen to the sounds of life around you, the way that the wind moves through the trees, how each blade of grass presses up against its neighbor. There are an infinite number of planets, but we've been lucky enough to share this one.

#FungiFriday surprised to see these Readlead Roundheads have popped up on my walk today. Lots of things springing up after the rain on Tuesday night.

Pleated Inkcaps for #FungiFriday

THICC

Soiled little brat

Birch Polypore Fomitopsis betulina --- NAME ORIGINS --- Fomes = kindling This is a reference to the fungi of this genus having been used in the ancient (and recent) past by humans for such purposes Betulina = betula This is Latin for 'birch' --- FUNGUS INFO --- This is a

Finally clearing tree limbs from the back pasture. Had some help from Snowball and Bella!

Fun note about this mushroom's name: Esculenta = edible WHICH THIS MUSHROOM IS ABSOLUTELY NOT As for the rest... Gyro = round Mitra = in reference to the head, in which the brain is located Hence, all the fungi of this genus have textures resembling the folds seen in brains

Our beloved rooster, Trevor, 'challenged' my husband today. He accepted his challenge, defeating Trevor in single combat. He did this by picking him up and carrying him around in front of the hens. Here is Trevor, clearly not thrilled with the consequences of his actions.

Gorgeous red belted conk seen on my trillium hike today 💚 #MushroomMonday

This used to be a good neighborhood

Power outages are *so* last month.

Tawny owl dad Bomber is finally allowed to meet his chicks 😍 It's been 9 days since the first 🐥hatched and owl mum Luna hasn't allowed this owl dad anywhere near their chicks 🐥 But now he's been granted access and it's so adorable 🦉📺Watch this tawny owl family on my live

Eaglet TE3 put on their big bird pants and showed that pesky squirrel who rules the roost!

We have installed a second camera showing the run attached to the exterior of the chicken coop. (Trevor from ~30 min ago, heavy storms anticipated soon, so we aren't letting them roam right now. Sorry, Booger!)

The creek I was hiking up yesterday for trillium church 🥰

Fish navigation

Air fried chicken