Alright. I think it’s time for me to go.

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Vacation with my family is mostly about buying too many books.

Rain-revived #lichen

My youngest starts kinder this fall. We are lucky to have access to a great local school, truly as good as US public schools get.

& yet I am sad to send him into a system I know is broken, where learning through play & spending time outside will be replaced w/endless worksheets.

Lungwort lichen is the coolest.

Lobaria pulmonaria.

A favorite lichen find today. Common name is elegant sunburst lichen. Likes nitrogen from seagull droppings 💩

I shared your suggestions. And also these wise words from Frank Hyman’s book Storey Publishing

A beautiful Teloschistes chrysophthalmus lichen patch seen today!

Had to pull over the car on the drive home from dinner and run into the woods for this one. #slimemold

Daedalea quercina
Named after Daedalus who made the Minotaur's maze in Greek mythology

And now for some early morning black trumpets. Had to put these in my shirt for collection purposes.
#blacktrumpet #maine #mushrooms

Lichens are my favorite thing about Maine. #lichens

Friend near Providence sent these asking for ID help. Found growing in moist soil underneath an unfinished part of their house.

Ideas? #mushroom #mushroom twitter

We went away without our children for 48 hours and have been rejuvenated for the next 10,000 years.

Phoenix will become the first major city in American history to average over 100°F for an entire month.

The city has experienced a virtually continuous heatwave since the beginning of July, with an average high of 114.1°F and an average low of 90.2°F.

While Phoenix is used to…

Last week when I took a bunch of kids on a scat hunt in Springfield they found this purple poop. When I asked what they thought this creature had been eating they all insisted it subsisted entirely on McD’s Grimace shakes 😂