Divinebunbun's Rugged Rural Missouri

Divinebunbun lives in a log cabin on 100 acres in the rocky Ozark foothills. Her porch is a box seat on nature and the seasons. This is her journal of chores and mysteries, natural history photos, and observations.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

What Mayapples Can Tell You

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Out on the morel-mushroom foray last week I made sure to join the group led by the man who'd been hunting mushrooms for 60 years becau...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Living in the Moment

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Frenchman's Bluff, a 120-foot-high cliff of limestone, overlooks the Cuivre River (pronounced "Quiver") Valley near Troy, Miss...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Morel Hunting Tip #2: Proper Gear and Dress

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Mushroom hunters, not just morel hunters, carry wicker or balsawood baskets for their finds. As they carry the woven basket through the wo...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Morel Hunting Tip #1: Find Your Own Ash

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Morel mushrooms love to grow around fallen and dead ash trees, and an ash tree can be identified by the striking "X" pattern in ...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Devil's Urn Mushrooms

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Looking like a dead man's fingers and toes, crawling up from under -- creepy fungi! There's actually another mushroom called Dead ...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Hummingbirds Are Here

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Ever since the big snowstorm three days after the spring equinox, it's been so windy and stormy that the house (and the car!)  feels ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

That Sound of an Oncoming Train. . .

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The weather man said afterward that the storm had 100-mph winds. When that horrible onrushing-train sound that means a tornado arrived an...
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A professional writer and editor, I love rural living, fresh vegetables, stargazing, May and June, cooking and hosting, and birdwatching.
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