Porcini mushrooms. Letting them get a bit bigger and into the pan with partners garlic and butter. So rain is good for some things. Alright fine. Many things benefit from rain, humans, being whiners only like so much rain. But when the sky does decide to go on a diet, traipsing through the woods with an eye out for edible fungi is always a good time. The rain is interesting this year. There seemed to be this counter clockwise pattern that centered over New England and created some interesting weather. Pop up storms were the norm. Hot, steamy sun one minute and downpours the next. On a recent drive, I was moving from dry conditions to, I couldn't even call it rain, it was as though someone was throwing 5 gallon buckets of water on the windshield. Heavy waves of dihydrogen monoxide sloshing over the glass. Wipers were a poor tool given these conditions. Then......POOF! Nothing....dry pavement. Insane. While we westerners might call the Green Mountains, hills, their watersheds can collect water at an astonishing rate. Overnight, the lake filled to overflowing encroaching on the picnic area, parking area, toilets (that could have been ugly had they not moved them higher) and dock access. Usually this happens in early June, but not sure there is a norm any more. Nice to see the adult eagles back to their old haunts. For the past 4 evenings, I've seen both adults hanging around. Sometimes in or near the nest. I thought I even saw a head in the nest, which is interesting and worth investigating. Since there is little light, it is hard to discern, the profile is in silhouette. Is it possible they laid late and new eaglets are within the nest. Odder things have happened, but it might just be wishful thinking.
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