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Beardy Guy Musings

Experimenting with ways to live a low impact life in a tiny house in the woods. Graphic and web design at Beardy Guy Creative . I often write about the Climate Emergency, Apple and the iPad. Living on the traditional territory of: O-ga-xpa Ma-zhoⁿ (O-ga-xpa) (Quapaw), Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo)

Photography

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    White-breasted Nuthatch, another winter favorite. #bird #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Birdwatching #WildlifePhotography

    A small gray bird with a white head, a dark blue gray patch along the top of its head. The bird is perched on a branch.A small gray bird with a white head, a dark blue gray patch along the top of its head. The bird is perched on a tree trunk.

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    Tufted Titmouse, one of my favorite winter birds.  #bird

    A small gray bird with a creamy white underbelly and black beak perches on a brown branch against a blurred winter landscape A small gray bird with a creamy white underbelly and black beak perches on a brown branch against a blurred winter landscape
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    Ilex verticillata, American Winterberry Taken on my trail ride yesterday. Fun to play with framing and bokeh.

    Very small, red, circular berries dripping with dew.Very small, red, circular berries dripping with dew.

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    A mix of moss and lichen, with small funnel cups growing out of the lichen Pixie cup lichen, Cladonia

    A cluster of dark orange mushrooms growing out of soil, Unidentified mushrooms
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    It’s a good thing I work from home because if I didn’t, this poor cat wouldn’t have a comfortable place to lay. #Cat

    A cat lays comfortably on my lap
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    Possibly Bark Bonnet, Phloeomana speirea?

    Cream colored mushrooms growing from the side of a moss covered surface Cream colored mushrooms growing from the side of a moss covered surface Cream colored mushrooms growing from the side of a moss covered surface Cream colored mushrooms growing from the side of a moss covered surface
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    Importing some old photos into my library I came across pictures of Petunia, a Whitetail fawn that, sadly, had been separated from her mother when she was less than a week old. I raised her, and I was lucky to observe her and her fawns for years. #deer

    a Whitetail deer cleaning, licking her back a Whitetail deer in the woods a Whitetail deer in the woods a Whitetail deer laying on the ground and looking up at the camera
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    Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita. #mushtodon #sporespondence

    a red mushroom with a white stem growing out of the forest floor a red mushroom with a white stem growing out of the forest floor a red mushroom with a white stem growing out of the forest floor
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    Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, oyster fungus, or hiratake, is a common edible mushroom. #mushtodon #sporespondence #edible

    creamy white mushroom grows out of a tree in the forest creamy white mushroom grows out of a tree in the forest creamy white mushroom grows out of a tree in the forest
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    Macrolepiota procera, the parasol mushroom, is a basidiomycete fungus with a large, prominent fruiting body resembling a parasol. #mushtodon #sporespondence

    a white, cream colored mushroom

    a white, cream colored mushroom

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    Mycena galericulata is a mushroom species also known as the common bonnet, the toque mycena, the common mycena or the rosy-gill fairy helmet.

    A small cluster of white to cream colored mushrooms growing from a moss covered log Two small brownish cream mushrooms growing from a log small brownish cream mushrooms growing from a log
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    Galerina marginata, known as funeral bell, deadly skullcap, autumn skullcap or deadly galerina, is a species of extremely poisonous mushroom-forming fungus.

    orange-ish brown mushrooms, growing from a log orange-ish brown mushrooms, growing from a log orange-ish brown mushrooms, growing from a log
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    A group of orange, gilled mushrooms growing from the forest floor Omphalotus olearius, the jack-o'-lantern mushroom. A group of orange, gilled mushrooms growing from the forest floor A group of orange, gilled mushrooms growing from the forest floor Omphalotus illudens, commonly known as the eastern jack-o'lantern mushroom.
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    Orange topped mushroom growing out of a tree stump

    Tricholomopsis rutilans, common name Plums and Custard a species of gilled mushroom found across Europe and North America.

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    Shaggy Bracket – Inonotus hispidus

    orange, velvety mushroom growing from side of tree orange, velvety mushroom with a white underside growing from side of tree
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    several pumpkins sitting on grass

    I didn’t have a big garden this year but I was lucky to get a volunteer pumpkin plant and harvested 10 pumpkins. Most of them will be made into pumpkin curry coconut soup over the next couple of months.

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    I call this Cat-in-the-lap mode. One of the benefits of the iPad, especially the larger size, is being able to pop it out of the Magic Keyboard Case and prop it up in portrait orientation for reading when Rosie insists on a cozy.

    A cat in the lap, iPad propped up in portrait orientation behind her
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    A Day in the Life
    1:55pm, Thursday October 13th, 2022 Mine LaMotte, Missouri

    legs extending out from photograph propped up on wood shelf. There is a bowl of oatmeal sitting on a persons lap and to the right a desk with an iPad. Opposite of the person is an open window with light shining in.
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    Sun light shinging through clouds with green grass and tree landscape below Sun light shinging through clouds with silhouette landscape below Sun light shinging through clouds with green grass and tree landscape below

    Sunrise photos from my last bike ride on 9/19. An hour later I was so dizzy I could barely stand. Three weeks later and I’ve adapted. Still dizzy but I can function with it. Humbling to be so suddenly incapacitated.

    Photos taken same time, different sections of sky.

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    My attempts to type were quickly disrupted by this sweet kitty. Happy caturday.
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