On the road again...got back our hub caps...

Neil holding the much revered Acorus calamus


Back in Boulder after a long day of travel, cars, planes, buses, etc. atleast we got to top off a long day with some sushi and welcoming crissy back to her hosue in boulder.

We are curretnly "hippy dippying it out", as dawn and nate would say. In other words, we have taken over the yard and have everything we own strewn about the street. Got a ticket while we were gone that said they were going to "impound our inoperable abandoned vehicle" on october 30th (today), so i guess we got back in the nick-a. the parking guys have already cruised by 4 times, although they avert their eyes from my many glares each time. We head toward Northern California today and are just glad to be back on the road and with our car's newly rotated tires, hub caps back on, we are ready to roll. See you soon!

up, up and away.

We sold Sally's Saab to some people from Maine who decided to fly down and pick up their new car. Who knew there is a grass airstrip 10 minutes from Neil's house in West Ossipee? Wanna go for a ride?

Sesna 185: all aboard.















Move over God, Amy's the co-pilot now.


















Can you hear me now?



















The old Vittum House from the air.















in the clouds.


Such a comfy landing on the grass runway. hardly any effort to take off and suddenly we were just up in the air, in the clouds and flying over the sandwich range.

Robinhood Cove

3 Traps, 5 Lobster, and 10 Harbor Seals later, we had a great day on the water.
Freezing cold, white caps on the tidal waters and windier than hell, but we persevered and spent 4 days in Maine with Susan, Jody and our new cousin, Ahna. This is Georgetown in all its glory.

Hauling up the traps: hard work, but worth it.






















Catch of the day....Lobster with butter, lobster pizza, lobster stew, lobster.....


















She's been in the US for 4 months, but Ahna can already speak a lot of english and is learning all the important things about living on a tidal cove, like how to gather dinner.

Anha and Neil gathing mussels infront of the house.



















Ahna braiding my hair.
















Relaxing on the front porch of Susan and Jody's house with Sophie.

Bean Town

I searched the streets high and low for NKOTB, but even the funky bunch eluded me.
All i found was this cute lady on her new front porch across from Tuffs: go jumbos!

What about now?

Do you all think we are mycology dorks yet?
Cant help it. Here are some really cute pics of a mushroom club (totally not dorky) walk that we went on a couple weeks ago in the pouring rain. We collected 100+ species that day in just a couple hours.


Exhibit A




















Sauteeing up some Trumpet Chantrells from a dliciuous and nutritious snack.

NGs Sweep NH

NGs to the rescue. A little time with some ladies you have known half your life is always a good thing. Jordan, Susan and Brian flew in last Friday and stayed until Monday night. Its so fun having new people up to NH -- i get to see New England again through their eyes, it makes me remember the first time i ever came to Tamworth and how shocked i was to see how tiny this little village is and how far everyone has to drive everyday to accomplish necessties like working and grocery shopping.

Paddle Boat on Lake Choquarua, with Mount Choquarua in the back.
















On the Train to Crawford Notch.



















Leaf Peeping through the Notch.



















One of the cutest things i have found in a long time:
a baby snapping turtle.

















The boys in a birch-bark canoe.
















Brian and Neil tasting delights from The Creamery.

Bald Knob

"Baby steps up the hill...." Family Hike up Bald Knob...only the strong survived. Beautiful view of Lake Winnepasaukee...."dr. marvin? dr LEO MARRRRVINNN!"

Amadou

No, not, Amadou Diallo, Amadou the mushroom fabric!
We just returned from West Paris, Maine from the home of one Brenda Lynn Gould and John Haney. Brenda was a student at SWSBM in 2002 and made the trip to AZ this year to teach about medicinal mushrooms. She lives so close to Neil we made a pilgramage to her farm and to search the "back 40" for all kinds of fun fungi.



















Here I am carving out the True Tinder Polypore for its fuzzy felt like material that comes from mushrooms!


















The True Tinder Polypore. Little hooves stuck to trees.





















West Paris Expanse