Rusty Ring

( Garlands of old man's beard [Usnea longissima], catching the winter sun at this specific moment of day.)

(No stronger proof of disuse in an old barn than a rotten hay hoist. Because this tackle can easily kill people if it fails, farmers ten...

(Another shot from my trek through Eastern Washington last summer.)

( Boletus edulis. Part of a generous outbreak that burst up not far from my house during the record rains of last month. Some of them w...

(Another electrical artefact from an old shed that's figured in these pages before . This time it's a full grown tree used as a p...

( Stryx varia .)

Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(A point I've made before .) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(This old house, near my childhood home, was once the residence of a family who owned and operated a dairy farm on the premises. The farm...

Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(Altocumulus undulatus clouds. The tree in the foreground is a sequoia [Sequoiadendron giganteum] . It's not native here, but intro...

(Feral apples are almost always the best-tasting, and you can't beat the price. With all the former farmland around here, the scrumpi...

(Another rivetting instalment in the saga of the wayfaring poke [Phytolacca americana] that's mysteriously turned up in the neighb...

( Malus fusca . Native to the North Coast, in my home county it's a common understory tree, flourishing on the margins and in clear...

(Appearing also on My Corner of the World .)

(Suspect Phyllostachys vivax . This is very big stuff - diameters up to 4 inches and heights to maybe 60 feet. This grove occurs in the ...