Showing posts with label Big Bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Bridge. Show all posts
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Dewey

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The best guess so far is that this charming caterpillar is Spilosoma virginica (Virginian Tiger Moth), and I figured we wouldn't get mor...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

Forest Gold

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With commercial pickers behind every tree, it's becoming harder and harder for a simple lover of wild mushrooms to harvest enough for ...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Hunting Haareis

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Day 104: They say timing is everything, and with a few years of experience behind me, I've gotten fairly good at predicting when the haa...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Mission to Big Bridge

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Day 103: Sometimes when it feels like botany and natural history have closed their doors and rolled up the sidewalks, a trail will surprise ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Memories and Mushrooms

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Day 333: I seldom think to take pictures of human subjects, and now I'm kicking myself because Merry got to meet a new uncle yesterday, ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

At Big Bridge

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Day 102: In the hopes of finding more elaborate examples of haareis (hair ice), I took a walk out to Big Bridge yesterday, but with the clar...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Hair Ice

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Day 102: Hair ice (aka haareis or frost-beard) occurs only under certain conditions, all of which I felt sure were present this morning, and...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Hair Ice

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Day 141: Over the course of these posts, I have shown my readers rare plants and fungi, but how about a rare ice? Hair ice occurs only in a ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Big Bridge On A Frosty Morning

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Day 120: Let's step away from the loom for a bit to take a walk up to Big Bridge. It spans Sahara Creek where the Lower Elk Spur Trail c...