Declaration

A long time ago, some funny people made a funny ad that represented my life, in a way.



I thought about this picture a lot this summer as I was packing and sorting through things in Utah and taking my last BYU class ever, American Heritage.



I did my best, but looking back probably could have done better.



Here's my bro Ian and me moving to Seattle!! Thanks Ian :)






Everyone should move on a full moon.

Seattle!

Hello! I live in Seattle! I've been here for a while but I am just getting around to posting about it.



First off, it's great here. I love it. It rains and storms but since it is summer there are also a lot of hot sunny days. I live in a little wooden attic like a cabin in the city--just where a mushroom girl should be.



I get nearly everywhere by an appletree-and-blackberry-lined bike trail. I work three days a week in a mycology lab :) and the other days I explore the town, buy food, and hang out with Adam.


There is every kind of food you could want here. I loved the Eritrean food served on a 16'' diameter sourdough pancake/plate.



When you live in Seattle, you get more visitors. I have lived in my house for 3 weeks and I've had 4 sets of visitors. You are all welcome to stay! I have 4-day weekends, we can hang out!

(above) Eli visiting and cooking with me and Adam.
(below) Matt and Joe, my friends from high school!!! It was so so fun to hang out with you guys, thanks!


Plus, there are tons of cool outdoor places to go camping, climbing, swimming in lakes, sailing, etc.


Here is me and Adam playing 'our favorite game' at Lake Wenatchee.

write me if you want to visit!!!

regrets...

dang, I wish I had named my blog "like a bat out of hell."  

Isn't that the best phrase?

I moved

hello, I moved from my provo house on the fourth of July 2008.

I am now at my sister's house in Salt Lake until next week when my brother and I rent a 10 foot moving truck and drive to Seattle.  I'm sewing and making books, does anyone want to hang out and visit before I move?  contact me :)

carnage

carnage at the homestead :(

Martin and Ferdinand have been killed by an animal.

Martin, may you rest in peace and may your body nourish the soil and bring new life.

Ferdinand, may you rest in peace and may your body nourish the raccoon that killed and ate you.

futuristic

I hope the powers that be see this in my future.

First Day of Summer 2008!

For the first day of summer 2008 I swam across Payson Lake with friends!



Joe, Briana, Georgiana, Hannah, Sophie, Jason, Adam, and Tess were there.



we ate Chinese candies!



And Joe brought camping supplies!


Summertess 2008!



Sophie and Jason/



A different kind of s'more: roasted pineapple.



other kinds of s'mores:




Vanessa, mallo baby! and Eli.



This is how much fun everyone had!!!



mint!


The Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria)



Happy Summer Solstice :)

unfounded fear

I have this bizarre, unfounded fear that when walking into a public bathroom I will see a dead person in one of the stalls :(
That actually could definitely happen, but not the way I imagine it. In this case, a dead person is very dead and mummified with part of the skeleton showing as if they were just dug up.
I have had this fear since I was very young and I remember thinking about it at Disneyland, Sea World, Knott's Berry Farm, and the airport.

duck poster

I recommend making a duck poster for your room with this photo:

Shiitake

Guess what I found in my closet?!
My shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushroom bag from Fungi Perfecti!
I went to Paul Stamets' Gourmet and Medicinal Mushroom Cultivation Seminar back in November and had forgoten/ignored my shiitakes growing on woodchips since then.



looks like there is something inside....



A few good mushrooms!
So perfectly grown and with no bugs :)



The woodchips are quite decomposed.



Fungi are beautiful:

I ate the fresh ones and they were delicious.
I've been meaning to get going on my mushroom cultivation skills...When I am finally and completely graduated (two more weeks) I will.