Category Archives: Mushrooms

Redirection

Posted on September 24, 2025 by daeja's view

This week I will share a few things that have provided a bit of joy, appreciation, awe, or curiosity during September. For the most part they are pretty simple things which have created a necessary and probably healthy bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Autumn, Birds, Cooking, Daeja's Garden, Food, Gardening, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Seasons, senior musings, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather | Tagged ant vs. hornet, autumn light, Birds, bugs, Figs, flock of mourning doves, grandparenting, insects, polenta con fungi, rainbow soap, recipe, sage chips, sanity saver, scented clematis, September, september scenes, Spotted Lantern Fly, tea house | Leave a comment

Veering Off That Track

Posted on February 14, 2025 by daeja's view

Well, it was good to get that last one off my chest! The previous post was a Major Rant of frustrated feelings and opinions on a situation that had been brewing for a few years. After finally writing it down … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Are you kidding me?, Coping, Humor, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, senior musings, Uncategorized, Weird, Wildlife, Winter | Tagged avoiding a rant, barred owl, burn morels, Dutch Baby, finding humor, joy in the details, looking for lightness, looking for the humor, mushroom powders, neon finger, no rants!, owls, talismans of the heart, The Queen, turn off the news | Leave a comment

Gems of October

Posted on October 25, 2024 by daeja's view

Small gems of October have provided entertainment and distraction throughout the month, acknowledged with appreciation, wonder, and some amusement. I’ve been admiring the treasures afforded, observing wildlife in their environment over the past few weeks. While walking by the ocean, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Animal Stories, Autumn, Birds, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Seasons, senior musings, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather, Wildlife | Tagged beautiful skies, bees, colors of autumn, fall foliage, gingko, house sparrows, hunters moon, late autumn, matsutake, mums, northern lights, October, papillon, pawpaws, seals, skies of october, squirrel antics, supermoon, turkey in the road | 1 Comment

Soaking In the Last of Summer

Posted on September 7, 2024 by daeja's view

September in the Northeast. While it is probably a temporary thing, we did get a break in the heat and have had some deliciously bright, temperate days. Actually there were a couple of weeks of those days, with one or … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Animal Stories, Autumn, Daeja's Garden, Gardening, House plants, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, summer, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather, Wildlife | Tagged black walnut remains, cricket in the house, edible Fuschia berries, flash flood, Fuchsia, Fuchsia berries, fungus gnats, Fuschia, gnats in houseplants, moss, moss magic, mossy bliss, Northeast September, September, squirrel action | 2 Comments

Summer By the Side of the Road

Posted on July 12, 2024 by daeja's view

Well into July now, the weather is hot and steamy and the neighborhood is a-pop with the next phase of color and bloom. With just the tiniest bit of guilt, I note the tidily tended perennial beds of the house … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Stories, Daeja's Garden, Gardening, House plants, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, summer, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather, Wildlife | Tagged Hollyhock leaf rust, July, july garden, Mid-July, orange flowers, Oranges of Summer, porch Papilllon, Robins, rose of sharon, shabby chic porch, The House by the Side of the Road, weedy garden, wild front yard, wild garden | Leave a comment

The Waiting

Posted on March 6, 2024 by daeja's view

If you pay attention you can already detect the scent of green – I love how the color is synonymous with the fragrance. The trees here are still in their remission, but the promise of verdancy is in the air. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Coping, Food, Gardening, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, Spring, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather, Winter | Tagged almost equinox, another year, anticipation, green, interesting fruits, lychee, moods, persimmon, seasonal changes, seasonal moods, seasonal shifts, small joys, spring is almost here, vernal, waiting for spring | 5 Comments

Close to Over

Posted on August 15, 2023 by daeja's view

In a few more weeks the school busses will be back on the roads again. Meanwhile, the kids are buzzing with anticipation as they await the news of who their teachers will be this year. It feels almost surreal how … Continue reading →

Posted in Daeja's Garden, Gardening, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, summer, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™ | Tagged almost time for school, August, down another rabbit hole, Earworm of the day, late august, late summer palette, the colors of late summer, unpredictable mushrooms | Leave a comment

Looking for Bessie

Posted on August 5, 2023 by daeja's view

“Her name was Bessie”. That’s the only thing my father told me about his paternal grandmother, and that was only after I asked him about my great-grandparents. He mentioned there were a couple of uncles, both of which disappeared “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Bucket List, Daeja's Garden, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Photography, senior musings, summer, Travel, treasures, Uncategorized, Wow! | Tagged aging, all points led here, ancestry, connections, familia, Family, finding your roots, genealogy, Memories, mushroom capital, orchid room, recording family history, relatives | 3 Comments

The Heat is On

Posted on July 6, 2023 by daeja's view

It’s really the humidity that can get to you more than the temperature. Just in case that clammy, uncomfortable feeling isn’t enough, the frizzy hair barometer is letting me know it’s in the upper ranges. A quick check confirms it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Stories, Daeja's Garden, Food, Gardening, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, summer, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather, Wildlife | Tagged Earworm of the day, July blooms, kitchen implements, moth plagues of the past, moths everywhere, neighborhood flowers, no mushrooms, orange blooms, raccoon family, spongy moths, The Heat is On, too hot to cook | Leave a comment

Sugar Shack

Posted on December 19, 2018 by daeja's view

I’m into wild mushrooms. From spring until the end of autumn you might find me foraging around in the forest, hopefully emerging triumphant with a small basket of woodland goodies, yet other times thrilled to have found just one or … Continue reading →

Posted in Are you kidding me?, baking, Cooking, Mushrooms, Uncategorized, Wow! | Tagged candy cap mushrooms, candy caps, cooking with mushrooms, Lacterius rubidus, maple syrup mushrooms, strong smelling candy caps, sweet smelling mushrooms, wild mushrooms | 3 Comments