The Great Mushroom Bloom of Winter 2016/17
It’s been many years since we’ve seen a mushroom discovery and foraging season like this one, an unexpectedly wet La Niña winter that has made up for last year’s vastly disappointing and… Read More
Hawaii, Oahu 2016
The Kaniakapupu, King Kamehameha III Summer Palace Ruins is listed as closed, but nosy-inquiring minds needed to know, so we braved dense overgrowth and a relentless squadron of mosquitoes to discover what’s… Read More
Amongst the Oaks of Hondo Canyon Trail
We were hoping the recent rainstorm had dumped enough precipitation to awaken the mycelium to fruit along the Hondo Trail in Topanga Canyon this weekend (a very pleasant incline hike that takes… Read More
An Earthen Awakening
We hiked this weekend lured by the smell of damp soil after the epic Southern California rainstorms, hoping to find fruiting chanterelles. We didn’t find those golden Cantharellus californicus in my secret… Read More
A Microcosm of Colour Inspiration After the Rain
A sweeping calm and joy welled up while watching this video put together by Aussie photographer, Steve Axford. Lichen, fungi, molds…all emerging from the forest bed after the rain. The cycle and… Read More
A Master of the Macro
João P. Burini’s collection of macro photography from the Brazilian rain forests are some of my favourite images fed by my Flickr account. I’m always taken aback by the beauty he captures… Read More
