mid December

I think we ate Shitakes for two weeks straight... made a little 'green'house (not much green, mostly brown) last month, for that December harvest...


That whiteness on top of the alder log are shitake spore droppings. Thousand and thousands of 'em.

Took advantage of the first snow to remove the wasp nest (second one this year) in the backyard, a seven story hive that saw a constant stream of activity when it was still warm out.

oh, and here's one more pic, port of seattle, that I took scouting around for an appropriate (i.e. incidental and improvised) back drop for some video work (see below, 4ourX5ive) -