theworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • 3 days ago🍨 Coconut Ice Cream with Crispy Candied Honey MushroomsA pretty hectic day, and I’ve been shuffling things around to fit one thing and another, etc. I was pleased I was able to experiment earlier this evening to share here in #fungifriday by @ewkaw: a lovelytheworldaroundme (74)in HiveGarden • 5 days agoCan Aldi Bags Really Grow Potatoes? Let's Find Out! This year I've been really keen to learn how to grow potatoes after seeing my neighbour grow them in bags. When it was time to harvest, they simply tipped the bags over and loads of beautiful red potatoestheworldaroundme (74)in Wild Foraging • 9 days agoA Summer Sunday in the CountrysideWhat a beautiful day today! The sun wasn't too harsh, and there was a lovely freshness in the air. For me, it's the best time to be outdoors. I woke up late after a lazy weekend. Sometimes we need thattheworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • 11 days agoNourishing Tonic Soup with Honey Mushrooms & Beef BallsIt’s been really warm around this time, and even though I drink plenty of water during the day, the sweating still makes you lose a lot of fluids and electrolytes. So it feels really good to have a warm,theworldaroundme (74)in Wild Foraging • 14 days agoJuicy Wild Garlic Butter Chicken ThighsOne of the wild vegetables I enjoy harvesting most is wild garlic. It's only around for a short time, from spring to early summer, and as soon as the warm weather arrives, it seems to disappear completely.theworldaroundme (74)in Wild Foraging • 15 days agoForaged Wild Greens with Fresh Coconut and MeatOne thing I like eating around this time of year, when everything is lush, is a mix of wild greens cooked in coconut milk with meat (lean meat or fish, if you are not on a high-fat diet). The good thingtheworldaroundme (74)in Caturday • 17 days agoSuspicious Street Kitty EncounterI have never paid much attention to street kitties until I joined r/streetcatsoftheworld. I always thought that my own kitty posts were becoming boring, so I’m pleased to have a new type of post I cantheworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • 18 days agoOvergrown Paths and Mossy MushroomsBeen a bit of a mix of everything today, but I made sure to get to the nearby woodland by the end of the day. The path to the woodland was filled with overgrown grass. And after managing to get throughtheworldaroundme (74)in HiveGarden • 20 days agoMy gardening turned into a treasure hunt, I think I found kryptonite… And more.I had been digging up the garden today because I was trying to get some topsoil to top up my plant pots, which were looking depleted and in need of fresh soil. The digging was pretty interesting becausetheworldaroundme (74)in Caturday • 24 days agoA Friendly Kitty Along My WayThe weather was decent today, so I decided to have a little walk. Along this little path, there's a pretty kitty who sits there looking lonely. Perhaps her owner is at work and she's waiting for them.theworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • 25 days agoA Spooky Fungi Friday HuntWhat an eerie end to my fungi hunting today. I found only a few mushrooms with interesting names; they aren't something extravagant, but I would like to show them anyway. As I entered the woodland, theretheworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • last monthThe Little Mushrooms That Brightened My DayI spotted a few mushrooms today, but I thought I’d share the mushrooms I created instead. Sometimes, when life brings a little sadness, making something with my hands really cheers me up. This projecttheworldaroundme (74)in NeedleWorkMonday • last monthPatchy Kitty: My First Tapestry Crochet CatSomehow I created this little patchy kitty last night! I’ve always wanted to try tapestry crochet, but I never quite found the inspiration to start. I also thought it would be very difficult, with alltheworldaroundme (74)in StemSocial • last monthApollo 11 Landed on the Moon with a Computer That Had Only 4KB of RAMApollo Guidance Computer and DSKY Man-Machine Interface. Photo credit : CHM In 1969, Apollo 11 took humans to the Moon and back to Earth. What amazed me is how it did it with very limited on-board technologytheworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • last monthI’ve unintentionally made a garden mushroom bush for the kitties.I always love things done unplanned, and I seem to enjoy them more that way. Whatever sparks my mind in the moment feels more exciting and natural. I was in the garden looking at this bush and thoughttheworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • 2 months agoTrying to Grow Wood Blewits in the GardenSo earlier this evening, I did my usual walk and, though I thought my previous blewit find was just luck due to the autumn-like weather (as they can sometimes appear briefly), on my walk today I foundtheworldaroundme (74)in FungiFriday • 2 months agoChickpea & Wild Mushroom Curry After Fungi Friday HuntSo I went back to that same woodland today to see if I could find any more wood blewits to add to my recipe. Luckily, I still had some dried cremini and honey mushrooms that I foraged last autumn, alongtheworldaroundme (74)in Reflections • 2 months agoMorning Reflections on Freedom and LearningEven in cemented cracks, life persists. Herb-Robert, wild and quietly resilient. A photograph by me early today. A few experiences in life sparked these thoughts. They came to mind as soon as I woke uptheworldaroundme (74)in NeedleWorkMonday • 2 months agoCrocheted Breakaway Bell Collars for My Kitties in Between BakingIt is nesting season, and I prefer my kitties to stay mostly indoors, though they are allowed out around midday when birds are less likely to be on the ground. They also wear bigger bells when outsidetheworldaroundme (74)in Caturday • 2 months agoWoodland Photography Practice with Blu the Kitty CatMy kitty Blu kindly offered himself as a model for my photoshoot today, so he followed me eagerly into the woodland. There were quite a few lovely scenes that I thought I had captured well, but when I
