Porquepic
We found this guy deep in the woods on a new trail we’re making. Good climber!
Little by little
he ventures out in the woods by himself a bit further every day
Sugarhouse Construction Push
All the rafters are done, tomorrow I’ll go after the cupola and do as much blocking as I can.
Vapor hole
Found a Monarch chrysalis, I’ll have to keep an eye on it in the next few days
House Sunflower Vs its Outside Sister
Pollinators are busy bees.
Metalpecker
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I spy 6 Blue Jays
One is almost impossible to find.
The Porcupine is dead, long live the Porcupine!
Dead animal warning.
Robin stumbled upon our much cherished porcupine in the woods… It was the land’s mascot, had just come out of one more tough Winter, we thought it was made of steel, and that it would outlive us all. Tough to tell what happened to it, I’m not even sure what porcupines can die of besides old age.
We’ll set the trail cam back on it’s house to see what’s going on there now.
Quails & Masks
The porcupine is still alive and kicking, its tracks are in the usual spots on the land. It picked a new pine tree to spend the night feeding in this Winter, very much in the same area as last year’s. Definitely a creature of habit, it’s been living in the same house, following the same habits for as long as we started paying attention 5 years ago.
We set the trail cam at the entrance of the collapsed barn where it lives.
The poor fellow wasn’t expecting my deep track on its usual path and stumbled into it 🙂
5 minutes later… Really cool animals.
Deer at rest
We woke up this morning and noticed a deer in the forest. It was resting. I realized I never had the chance to observe a resting deer, so we did for a good while.
Robin zooming in
Esther preferred observing bears
Growth rings from an unusual angle
I found this decomposing piece of a tree from which you could separate all growth rings.
More Crazy Mushrooms
Lion’s Mane, It apparently has many health benefits (Justin found it).
Stinkhorn, if you want to be fancy, use its Latin name: Phallus Impudicus (Shameless Penis). It really does stink, but then again so do the best cheeses.
Gray Squirrel
This guy is getting closer to the house every day, it would probably be on the dining table if the glass door allowed it.
Shrooms
The past few days have been amazing for mushroom of all sorts. The diversity of mushrooms within a few square feet is amazing.
The only one we looked up because it looked so peculiar: American Caesar Amanita.
A day later, same mushroom:
