Moose, Mushrooms and Mud

ROSEHIP APPLE JELLY

It’s Rosehip Season! Some say wait until first frost to collect Rosehips, I say, collect them when they are big, beautiful and ripe! Don’t miss out on this years Rosehips! ROSEHIP APPLE JELLY Yield: Makes 6-8 8-ounce jars Rose hips have seeds with little hairs on them on the inside that are itchy and irritating.…

GOLDENROD JELLY August Sunshine in a jar

Goldenrod Bloom season is upon us! Imagine this: Eating a Goldenrod Whole-Wheat Honey Muffin, with a dollop of butter, topped with spoonful of Goldenrod Jelly while sipping on Goldenrod leaf Tea…Mmmmmm…🌼😋 It’s mid August and if you haven’t noticed yet, up here in Northern BC, the Goldenrod is in full bloom. The most common Goldenrod…

Goldenrod Whole-Wheat Honey Muffins

It’s Goldenrod season! It makes a lovely tea and baked goodies!

D.I.Y Pine Cone Wreath Tutorial. Actually, it’s a Spruce Cone Wreath! A Spring Time Project.

Foraging for cones for projects. It’s that time of year.

Infused Labrador Tea Chocolates OR Infused Juniper Berry Chocolates. Take your pick!

Hand over the Chocolate and nobody gets hurt.

Can you pass the Mushroom Ketchup please?

If you are reading this, I’d like to relish the fact that you’ve mustard up the courage to ketchup to my level.
As a hunter-gatherer and a consumer of food grown on a farm or a greenhouse, I am always on the look out to combine all the flavors, wild or not, in new and interesting ways. Why just have Tomato Ketchup when you can have Mushroom Ketchup?

Bog Cranberry and Fir Crème Brûlée

Let’s get down and personal with the Bog Cranberry. When I say down…I mean it literally! Get down onto your hands and knees and start picking!

Part 1: Adventures of Tolly and PomPom

Deer, Daisies, and Dirt: My Mini-Me! Adelynne is my young and spirited daughter who has many hobbies and interests. She likes to bake, ski, wood burn, knit, paint, draw, and create stories. She started working on a comic strip that shows the friendship of a Baby Fox and a Baby Bunny. It’s an unlikely friendship…

Itty Bitty Baby Birds: A Montage of Digital Artistic Photos

I have found this fun Photo filter that takes my photographs and converts them to look like paintings. I simply love the effect. I like these better than my original photographs; I like the feel, the movement and the vibrancy in the newly converted photos. It’s the artist in me. You’ll be seeing a whole lot more of this type of ‘artwork’.