Anybody know if these mushrooms are edible? We seeded these logs with store-bought spores a couple years ago. Maybe shiitake? But we’re not brave enough to eat them.

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Beautiful Lady Slipper orchids β€” we’re so happy that they come back every year

Yes, my darling kitty has early stage kidney disease. We’re entering a new world of delivering sub-cutaneous fluids and providing a special diet. Overall, we’re trying to help her have an excellent quality of life through this next phase. And I’m very sad.

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It was a thrill to see this perfect Studebaker in the parking lot the other day. I’ve always loved this make of car.

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We have a heated mattress pad. 🐈

It’s worth it to go down to town in the spring, when it’s still winter at home

April in New Hampshire

Wrapping my head around teaching the next few webinars. 🏫 The material is so intertwined that it’s hard to get things into the right order. Grateful for Zengobi Curio - Note Taking, Mind Mapping, Brainstorming which helps me to move topics around and visualize the order.

Battling the NH Vaccine website. Today is the first time those of us 50+ can sign up.

Another wonderful day skiing with my cousin in New Hampshire.

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Our nutty kitty 🐈 loves to jump into piles of crumpled paper. It’s better if there are different styles of crinkly: tissue paper, butcher paper, cellophane, etc.

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It’s alive! We’re loving this blooming amaryllis providing color in mid-winter, as well as our still-blooming Christmas Cactus and about-to-bloom clivia.

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It’s light enough to run πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ after work!

Yes! I found a sporg! This was growing in the crawl space of our Town Hall. We found it when we were doing a walk-through prior to beginning a renovation project.

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A muddy summer morning in 2018 after quite the August thunderstorm (not my car)

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These rare Lady Slipper’s orchids, which return every year in this remote spot, give me hope.

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I am craving the homemade cookies that used to show up every Monday at our local contra dance.

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Day 6: sport

Skiing is my favorite sport, closely followed by swimming, and more recently running πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ (in the Galloway style).

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Cat in a box Pets 🐈

And I had on more layers than this when I was skiing earlier today

I take comfort in all my books about great learning-based activities (and checking if @Hauntedradiator fixed my photo problem)

Morning beverage β€” one oolong leaf which gets more hot water all day

A close up of an old manuscript

Woo hoo! Nearly 5 miles at 9 degrees FπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

Tamsin kitty finally trying out the box behind the wood stove 🐈