Oh wow, it has been OVER A MONTH since the last time I posted anything on here!!! Work has been overwhelmingly busy, and I haven't had a chance to cook at all. Lucky for me though, Blake loves to cook. He has been so sweet since I started working long hours and makes dinner for us almost every night (and I don't mean a pizza or a HungryMan). I'm a pretty lucky girl.
I thought our trip to the Washington coast would be a good lee-way back into blogging. We spent a weekend in Longbeach, WA with blake's sister and husband, playing on the beach with our dogs, cooking, playing games, and mushroom picking. The mushroom picking was not planned until about 3 days before we left. I was surfing the web for things to do while in Longbeach, and it just happened to be mushroom celebration month. Perfect timing!
(Our crazy Yorkie, Zeus, on the beach)
The mushroom picking was quite an interesting experience. It felt like we were on a treasure hunt or Easter egg hunt, and it was just as exciting every time we would find another one. Our guide was a feisty little woman from Hungary who has quite a reputation for mushroom picking. Of course we had no idea what we were looking for, so we definitely had to follow her lead. We even ran across some of the psychedelic mushrooms (they look like the mushrooms from the Mario Bros. video games)! Our evening would have turned out much different if we didn't have our guide to turn us around.
(Our Mario Bros. Mushroom) (Blake's sister with one of our giant mushrooms)
Work is finally starting to slow down a bit, so I'm planning all sorts of goodies to start on for Christmas gifts. Apple butter, peanut butter brittle, apricot-bourbon mustard, who knows what else I'll dip my hands into. :) I mean, you can't forget about all of the holiday baking that will need to be done as well!
1 comment:
love the pics! mushrooms are so yummy and the guided tour sounds awesome! so excited for your next post.
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