Photos A Walk in Nature

[euroken]

Nothing very exciting fungi-wise I'm afraid

Not a fun-"guy" eh?

 

[Headwinds]

Looks as if my MAM is my only fungus-finder.....

even in the back yard...

 

[RayseM]

A few with my Jerome Latreille Laguiole on the trails today.

 

[redsparrow]

sparerow​

 

[JohnDF]

I keep looking for the Smurfs under all these mushrooms... they hide good.

 

[Ice Tigre]

How about a sunset and a sodbuster?

Better color focus shot on the sunset;

And for those that know it stays light late here right now, yes that was about 11:30 pm...

 

[Ice Tigre]

Out to look at the Tanana River last night.

It was raining lightly, but really nice out.

Its greening up nicely, a week abo nothing had budded much... some areas fully leafed in 24 hours earlier in the week.

 

[Onebigbill]

 

[redsparrow]

things are greening up nicely on the trails near me

this one is several miles long

knife content

sparerow​

 

[CelloDan]

I am enjoying the variety of pictures and knives in natural surroundings … and learning too
From turtles to polypores and edible morel mushroom to where exactly is the Tanana river ( now I know )

From my knife and critters photo collection
Some very eager beavers for today

 

[Jsega51]

Perfect timing CelloDan . I was out looking for antlers last spring and while searching around a big beaver dam area I came across this toppled cherry tree. This section was about 25 ft long and was completely debarked and full of teeth marks. I’ve never seen a tree stripped like this before!

The knife is a White Iron Hunter by Karl Andersen JS (Andersen Forge) in W2 steel and spalted maple.

 

[RayseM]

 

[CelloDan]

Perfect timing CelloDan . I was out looking for antlers last spring and while searching around a big beaver dam area I came across this toppled cherry tree. This section was about 25 ft long and was completely debarked and full of teeth marks. I’ve never seen a tree stripped like this before!

The knife is a White Iron Hunter by Karl Andersen JS (Andersen Forge) in W2 steel and spalted maple.

That's just amazing , both the beaver's artwork on that cherry and that spalted maple on the knife that is just incredible !
I dream of finding a big chunk of spalted maple like that to turn a bowl on my lathe.

Speaking of wood harvesting CelloDan CelloDan thought you all might be interested in what you can do with

a sharp Laguiole ...

LOL Ray, the beavers don't stand a chance against your Laguiole

As an aside, I did not know what your old avatar was until you revealed it was a polypore mask … which I had to google because I had no a clue what a polypore was.
Now every time I see one in the forest I think of you

I was surprised too to see several porch members take pics with them … is soo comforting to know that I am not alone in this world lol

More beaver action, this time in winter … those rascals never rest !

 

[RayseM]

Polypores have been compelling me since I was a kid. So many different forms, artful colors and shapes. Here in Maine we don't have real big ones. As I understand, in the Pacific Northwest my pizza size polypores are only single slice compared to the ones found out there. I will collect them forever. I have more of those than I have knives

Glad you think of me every now and then.

I'm fond of beavers too!

 

[Rose and Thistle Custom]

This is my new favorite thread.

 

[Sacto]

I like the progression of this thread. We’ve gone from outhouses to turtles to fungus, and now we’re on beavers. Can’t wait to see what’s next.

 

[mbkr]

Lots of beautiful shots here. These really can't compare. Taken around my place yesterday (chores) and a brief walkabout this morning.
Obligatory fungus shot


Flowers


The field


The woods are thick

 

[JohnDF]

From one of my Quarry Walks...

 

[Just Tom.]

Polypores have been compelling me since I was a kid. So many different forms, artful colors and shapes. Here in Maine we don't have real big ones. As I understand, in the Pacific Northwest my pizza size polypores are only single slice compared to the ones found out there. I will collect them forever. I have more of those than I have knives

Glad you think of me every now and then.

I'm fond of beavers too!

I saw this while out on a walk in December and posted it in the “Lounge” thread specifically for you, and you never even noticed…

 

[Jack Black]