On the mend with son and family. Started email communication. So far so good... Used

 My Ai to formulate first email. Didn't want anything to be worded wrong. It's been 4 years since I've seen the grandkids. Just can't take it anymore.

Been out of hospital since wed.

 Had to have emergency surgery. Hip replacement. Was doing A.M. walk and fell whilst trying to jump on embankment, out of the way of vehicle coming from behind. Never had so many drugs in my life. Gave me fentanyl AND ketamine in ambulance. Ketamine is now in my records as being allergic to because it made me freak out to the 8th degree... In hospital they gave me whatever pain killer , different each med pass, all nice. None I'd ever heard of.  For fun may post pic of surgery wound which is just taped together. 

My youngest sister gave me a retirement present.. A guide to foraging north american mushrooms.

 I guess the big prizes are Lions Mane and the Indian Ghost Pipe. So I guess I'm looking for those two mushrooms for her, as she is a serious tincturer! In the meanwhile my first day into it, I can identify a few fungi that pop up right in my back yard:    

Deer mushroom

deer mushroom upside down & a few others that I haven't been able to identify, yet

Hydnellum Concrescens

Christmas wreath lichen.

Cortinarius bottom

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