X-Rated Fungi and other stuff !

pitdog

pitdog

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I've felt like I'm dropping to bits for the past week, started off with a stomach bug/food poisoning and then a dose of the man flu, but as today was my first day off work I headed out for some much needed fresh air !

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The girls were all giddy as they had only had short local walks for the past 4 days~

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As I walked round on this cold wet day I wondered what edibles, if any, were around. First find was this Chanterelle, slightly past it's best but if I was starving it would definitely go in the pot~

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Found another decent sized one a little later~

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There were still some berries to be found, here are some Arbutus berries~

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And some Oregon grape~

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Also found lots of Cleavers~

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Are all these the tastiest edibles.....definitely not but in survival it's about sustaining life and these would go a long way toward doing that !

Snicker finds the thought of a squirrel a little more tastier and kept her eyes peeled for those~

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Very wet weather and no fatwood....can you still get fire ? Today I fluffed up the underside of some Cedar bark and scraped some dried resin dust onto it using the back of my knife~

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This really impressed me, it caught on the second strike of my ferro-rod but went out before I could get a pic. Three strikes later and I had a real strong flame~

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There was even a nice shelter on this hike to sit and drink my coffee~

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Yeah I know what ya thinking......where's the X-Rated fungi......well maybe it's just my dirty mind but here ya go:eek:

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No wonder you were sick, stuck inside like that. Got to walk off the bugs!

Nice shelter, but ... we have a gazebo in front of the town hall which is about the same size, and like your shelter, the seating is all inside the edge. When it rains ///// /// //// anyone sitting there is going to get soaked. Only the center is dry. Why don't they design shelters with seats in the middle?

I know, I know. Anyone going out on a rainy day should be wearing their own shelter. :p
 
Esav Benyamin said:
No wonder you were sick, stuck inside like that. Got to walk off the bugs!

Nice shelter, but ... we have a gazebo in front of the town hall which is about the same size, and like your shelter, the seating is all inside the edge. When it rains ///// /// //// anyone sitting there is going to get soaked. Only the center is dry. Why don't they design shelters with seats in the middle?

I know, I know. Anyone going out on a rainy day should be wearing their own shelter. :p
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I was thinking more or less the same thing today, why didn't they make it with three sides ? Better still include a firepit in the middle !:thumbup:
 
Why are all your pics all dark around the edges? Is it your camera doin that?
 
pitdog said:
Yeah it's just one of the camera settings. It seems to work well for the colours in my area !
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yeah, I was just goa ask about that! the colors are awesome. makes the pictures seem almost like great paintings. could you elaborate on the settings and camera model if you don't mind?

thanks for sharing these, pitdog. seriously these pictures invoke some sort of dreamlike surreal nature feeling in me, great combo of the environment and the camera settings
 
uyotg said:
yeah, I was just goa ask about that! the colors are awesome. makes the pictures seem almost like great paintings. could you elaborate on the settings and camera model if you don't mind?

thanks for sharing these, pitdog. seriously these pictures invoke some sort of dreamlike surreal nature feeling in me, great combo of the environment and the camera settings
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It's just a little Olympus U Tough, the setting is called Pinhole. Thanks for the kind comments.
 
pitdog, great pics, Glad to hear you are feeling better.
Yea that was your dirty mind lol.
Bryan
 
Thanks for the pics. It's not fun to be stuck inside for long periods of time, and I am occasionally, but definitely not by choice.
 
Well at least there was some knife porn & that fire looks pretty hot too.;)
Thanks for the pics pit.
 
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