mushrooms in november

finding two at once!, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

So, it is your first weekend in 9 weeks - what do you do with it? a) party like hell and drink till dawn or b) decide to take a train an hour south of Paris to your family's town to go walking in the woods and listen to great-aunts complain about their failing health.

Why, b of course! Below: Josh taking in all the autumness..

autumn again, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

It turns out that the mixture of rain and warmish weather we have been having means there are mushrooms everywhere! Behold, two mushroom villages:

sun on mushiness, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

the mushroom village, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

After half an hour of looking we finally stumble upon our first edible mushroom.. woo!

our first edible find (after half an hour), originally uploaded by julienpaul.

And then a whole lot more... it made for a great lunch!

our lunch, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

Then we found a whole lot of mushrooms we thought were edible (see our full bags) but when we got home and looked them up online we were less sure...

walking back with bags full.., originally uploaded by julienpaul.

These, obviously, were not edible..

red and scary, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

Though something tried on this one..

something ate it, originally uploaded by julienpaul.

Join me next week, when I try to find a topic even MORE exciting than mushrooms!