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You are doing so good. Keep it up.

lookit the shrooms!

have you read the book Omnivore's Dilemma? it has a section on mushroom hunting that was fascinating.

glad you came through the storm okay.

Heyyy, that third pic of the big white mushroom with metal-looking legs sprouting out of it... that just doesn't look right!

Seriously tho, glad you & Mary survived the storm w/minimal damage. We all got wet wet wet but fortunately no flooding this time and today was sunny & bee-you-tee-full.

My dad got on a "gather your own mushrooms" kick when I was a teen. He read tons of books and we'd all go out in the woods looking for mushrooms.

Then he'd put them all over the dining room table & shelves on pieces of white paper to check out the spore color (apparently this could differentiate between certain palatable mushrooms that had highly-toxic look-alikes. There would be mushrooms everywhere for days. To eat supper you had to shove aside (CAREFULLY!!) mushrooms & white papers.

Never did taste one. Luv dad & he's a smart guy, but after all his stories of what the super-toxic ones could do to you, I just never had the desire.

Stay well & dry,
tm

Sksamboots, Lindas, Heidi, Weespeck, & Talkingmountain, Thank you for stopping by and leaving a note.
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I’m doing well this morning. More rain and more mushrooms in my yard. But I have another cozy fire in the wood stove, some smooth jazz playing in the background, and of course my morning yogi tea. So all is right with the world.

I’m on plan and planning to stay that way. Still eating lettuce, rice, & apples. Still not sick of it. Still liking how easy it is. I’ll check back tomorrow.
Letha

Hi Letha. You gave me a sense of peace this morning reading your post. I think it rubbed off on me a little. Thanks!
Riva

Hi Riva, Glad some of my good cheer floated out into the universe.
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Good morning all,
I’m on plan and planning to stay that way. This morning I thought I’d share some photos from the neighborhood. I spent most of my adult life living in the suburbs south of Seattle. With city and county ordinances & the high value of real estate in the area it was very rare to see ramshackled buildings. Like many cities, most areas consisted of various real estate developments where all the houses for blocks and blocks are slight variations of their neighbor’s houses with the houses becoming larger and the yards getting smaller as the decades pass.

Visiting the SW Washington coast, where I live now, I not only loved the beautiful scenery of Willapa Bay and the Pacific Ocean, I fell in love with the gritty edge aesthetics of the long beach area. Beautiful vacation homes next door to rusty trailers and abandoned beach shacks. Wabi-sabi 侘寂 (beauty in imperfection). The wind, salt air, and aggressive vegetation provide a visual demonstration of how transient everything is. Mother Nature happy to reclaim her space.

I live 3-4 blocks from the ocean, depending on the how high the tide is. These shacks are on the beach approach between my house and the ocean. So I see them all the time. I have to say, having lived here for 6 years, some of the charm of dilapidated shacks is starting to wear off for me.

Letha, It's a gray Seattle day as I am remembering them in NOLA right now. So I am headed your way for the fire, Yogi tea, and Jazz. Ok at least in my head I am. I love hearing those peaceful easy feeling details. You sound good and I am pleased for you.

You all got me thinking of Seattle. We all been to the same place, maybe stood in the same spot. Our paths may have even of crossed for a second. I was there for 2 years. Magical it is

Letha, how are you doing today?

Letha, lovin' your posts and your vibe. Hope Sunday has treated you well.

Probably won't have much chance to read/post over the next week or so, so here's wishing you an early Thanksgiving!

Congratulations on another great week of weight release, Letha!

I love these photos of your local area you've been posting. It's funny how even an old, dilapidated house can look so pretty with all that greenery around. I hope it's staying (relatively) dry and warm for you up there.

Kirk, Talkingmountain, Yoman, Sksamboots, Anna,
Thank you all for stopping by.
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I’ve been off-line for the past two days with a power outage from a wind storm. I deviated a bit from the Mary’s Mini I’ve been following in recent weeks. Sunday I reheated rice on the woodstove along with some frozen veggies that were melting. Yesterday I made steel cut oat with some blueberries that had thawed. For lunch we used up the hash browns & some more veggies that were thawing out and then for dinner last night and breakfast this morning I made a soup made from Eden’s beans and rice, canned tomatoes, hominy, and seasonings. The power came back on about 45 minutes ago and the first thing I did was fire up the Zojirushi with a fresh pot of organic brown jasmine rice. I’ll check back tomorrow.
Letha

Whew! Good to hear from you Letha! Glad you are all right.
Raven

I love the pics you so often provide. They give me peace.

You are a special person who, I suspect, touches many more people than you even know. I mean, most of the time I just read and don't post... so on those occasions you are a glimmer of light and don't even know it.