<p>A face-full of spider webs as I hunt for a carpet of mushrooms confirms fall’s arrival.</p>
<p>Just a quiet day in perfect weather doing yard work: mowing the lawn, transplanting day lilies and checking on the garden.</p>
<p>Under perfect blue skies and warm temperatures, I volunteered a couple of hours labor on Saturday to help the <a href="https://www.friendsofthefarms.org//">Trust for Working Landscapes</a> and a local farmer deconstruct two large greenhouses for relocation on another farm.</p>
<p>For the Labor Day weekend, some friends invited us to their cabin in <a href="http://www.destinationpackwood.com/index.cfm">Packwood</a> and we happily accepted. We drove from BI to Rainier via the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge">Tacoma-Narrows Bridge</a>, our first crossing of the infamous structure (it was considerably cheaper and faster to go this route – $28 for the ferry, $4 for the bridge). We arrived around midday on Saturday, ate some lunch with the…
<p>While clearing the undergrowth in a small section of the woods on my property a very brightly yellow colored mushroom stem caught my eye. I didn’t recall having seen this mushroom before so I went inside, grabbed the camera and took some photos (sorry about the flash).</p>
<p>I love foodie weekends and in my book that means farmers’ markets, harvesting vegetables from the garden and most enjoyable of all foraging for free food.</p>
<p>Five or so years ago my wife said “We should move to Bainbridge Island.” I responded “there’s no way in hell I’m commuting by boat”. Well, times change and a ferry ride is now part of my daily commute to <a href="http://www.yapta.com">work</a> and back.</p>
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