We spent a few hours yesterday scouring the woods on our property for morel mushrooms. We may have been a week late or, depending on what you read on the internet, a week early. Either way, we didn’t see hide nor hair of a moral mushroom. Darnit. We’ll head out again later in the week and see if we have any better luck.
We took the pups out with us while we were searching through the woods. I had hoped to show you pictures of morel mushrooms but, since that’s not going to happen this weekend, I am going to show you pictures of Diesel and Dolly instead.
Dolly managed to find a deer skull pretty quickly, and she toted it around, playing keep-away from Diesel for quite some time.
Yea, I know. You’re probably grossed out that we let her play with a deer skull. But, hey – these are country dogs and it’s cheap entertainment. They’ve got to find fun where they can.
Soon Diesel lost interest in chasing Dolly with the skull, and decided loving on daddy was more his speed.
We walked for several hours, and the pups spent most of it running around ahead of us. As the day wore on, they wore out. Soon they were staying right with us.
And when Diesel started sitting down, we figured it was time to get home.
Even though we got skunked looking for morels, we had a great time watching the pups romp and enjoying our walk through the woods.
It’s been raining here all day. I made some egg noodles for a batch of home made chicken noodle soup I’m making for supper. I also started making some more polymer clay eggs. Here are two I finished this afternoon:
I baked two more, but will leave them to sand another day. Sanding those bad boys takes a little bit of work and time, and I’m ready to just chill for a bit before getting after supper.
The chickens are doing great and we are averaging about a dozen eggs a day. The babies are really getting big, and I’m 99.9% positive I’ve got two roosters out of the five of them. I should get rid of both of them. I don’t have enough hens to keep up with all four roosters. I’m really struggling with the whole thing. I’ll probably end up getting rid of one of the cockerels, and keeping the other for a while to see how keeping three roosters works out. I suspect I’ll end up having to get rid of the other cockerel as well. It makes me sad to even think about it. So I’m not going to – I’ll think about it later.
It wasn’t the most productive weekend we’ve ever had on the homestead, but it was a nice and relaxing one. Sometimes it’s nice to take a day or two and do little more than just enjoy the homestead.
Bee Free,
Penny
Tags: morel mushroom hunting
You do know I have a passion for skulls and have quite a collection on the beams in me kitchen lol and even Starr sent me ‘cowie’ and real cow skull LOL all the way from Idaho
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So it didnt gross me out…
Wow at your pretty eggs, do you sell them?
As regards the cockerals aint it funny, in china and indian boys are prized and they get rid of the girls yet we want shot of the boys…. I know I know cockerals aint the same and boy children but you get me drift LOL
Looks like no mushrooms lead to a fun walk though, I LOVE walking in the woods…. well did LOL
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Marmitetoasty – If I can find a whole deer skull for you, I will send it your way! Unfortunately, they typically have been out a while, and the lower jaw always separates from the upper. Dolly managed to grab the lower jaw yesterday – complete with teeth. She thought she had quite the prize. Our yard is littered with deer bones the two of them find while out walking. We make them leave the bones outside so they’ll be there when they go out again.
Honestly – if they wouldn’t fight so much and tear up the girls’ backs, I’d keep every cockerel and rooster I could afford to feed. And if they layed eggs, all I would have is roosters! I love my roosters so much – but my poor girls can’t take much more. The majority are already in chicken saddles. I’m going to try to keep one of the two cockerels and hope it works out. We’ll see……
Sounds like a fun weekend. Dolly and Diesel are getting so big! I wonder if my citified dogs would even know what to do with a deer skull? Guess we’ll soon find out…
Beautiful eggs!
Walks in the woods bring up mostly different types of poop for us. We play the “name the animal that poop came from game”. It’s fun and entertaining for the kids. LOL. We are looking forward to getting a couple of Lab pups to take with us on walks. The pug gets tried out easily. She is getting up in years. I have a question. Where are morrels found?
Hi Lilla – I can’t believe how big these pups are getting! I am really curious about how large they will end up being. At just over 5 months, they are just over 40 pounds…… And I bet your citified dogs would figure out what to do with a deer skull lickity split! Our biggest battle is keeping things like that OUT of the house!
Hi Kelly – I can relate to the name that poop game – except we’re usually trying to figure out what type of animal pooped the pile that one of the puppies just ate! Morels are usually found in spring – when day time temps reach in the 60s and don’t go lower than the 40s at night. You can find them in damp areas around streams, rivers, creeks, etc. or in the woods – especially around fallen, rotting timber. We’ve had such an unusual spring here – we were in the 90s for a few days and now we’re back to day time highs in the 50s. Some feel this may mess up the morels in this area this year – or possibly delay it. I have no idea – but we’re not giving up yet!
Man, those pups are growing like weeds. I think one of their paws is as big as Darby!
I think relaxation is totally productive. Right? I mean it lets you get ready for the next big thing. (even if that next big thing is relaxation!)
Once again. Good looking eggs. They are so very pretty.
Hey Frugalmom – I know! It amazes me how quickly these pups are growing – and I’m afraid they are no where near done. They are the sweetest dogs and nothing but big babies. They love to snuggle and are just so much fun. So I guess that will help when they are as big as horses.
I have been gone awhile and am amazed at how big the puppies have gotten. Our big baby got one of my chickens yesterday that was accidently let out during feeding. He didn’t kill it but he did get quite the scolding. I really think he was trying to play with her.
Hi Trixi – I bet your heart stopped when he got that chicken! I don’t think our pups have a mean bone in their bodies – but they are extremely playful and, like your pup, I am worried they would end up catching a chicken out of that playfulness. They are so darn big I imagine they could cause some damage just trying to be playful! We watch them as closely as possible when they are out with the chickens – and they are definitely interested in them. I’m really hoping we can teach them to leave the chickens alone – and I think, in time, we can. But this puppy stage will last a while…….