Nature – MOOSE, MUSHROOMS, and MUD

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’.

Birds of Prey: A Montage of Digital Artistic Photos

By: Moose, Mushrooms and Mud January 18, 2020January 17, 2020

Adventure, Art Work, Bird Watching, Birds, forest, Nature, Outdoors, Paintings, WildlifeBird Watching, Birds of Prey, Eagles, Hawks, Osprey, OwlsLeave a Comment

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Fiddlehead and Bacon Mini Quiche

Frozen Fiddleheads comes in handy on nights like these when I want an ‘appy’ type meal. Mini Quiches make great appetizers. They also make a great meal if you eat enough of them. Which I will tell you, is easy enough to do!

Daisy-Dill Capers

HOW TO MAKE DAISY-DILL CAPERS When I look up a recipe on how to make certain things, there is always a long story attached to it. The story typically includes talk on how maker first came across the idea, the process, etc. Or there is talk about the ups and downs of making the…

‘Bear’ with me: the Bear facts, the Bear truth, and left Bear naked

THERE’S ONE! Ugh! You are a beautiful color phase Black Bear, but I have to pass you up. It’s Saturday, it’s hot outside and I cannot process you without spoiling before I get back home tomorrow. OH WAIT! THERE’S ANOTHER ONE! Wow! You are a gorgeous color phase Black Bear, all brown and blonde. Wait…are…

The humble Pea Mouth Chubb: To eat or not to eat? That is the question.

“I won’t eat those!” says an associate of mine. “They are garbage. Ick!” Others tell me to leave them on the ice for Eagles and Otters. Whatever I do, don’t put them back into the lake as they are a course fish…garbage fish, too bony and too small to eat. I study the small fish…

SPRUCE FLAVORED SUGAR COOKIES

By: Moose, Mushrooms and Mud December 14, 2018December 14, 2018

Baking, foraging, forest, Living off the land, Nature, Outdoors, Plants, Wild FoodButter, Christmas, Christmas Tree, cookies, cooking, recipes, SpruceLeave a Comment

Nom. Nom. Nom. Just in time for Christmas! As you are walking through the snowy forest, find a nice healthy spruce tree and snip off a few branches. Spruce smells nice, but it tastes even better…in a cookie! Yes, there are few steps involved. But they are so worth it. This is not your average…