• foraging for wild mushroom

The beauty of travelling through Scotland at this time of the year are the foraging forays in the forests for us ... having left beeswing we headed for Galloway forest and found this tiny little loch with a rambling brook and a forest full of edible fungi ...




• found one :) ...



• yummy edible mushroom, I am glad My father taught me well and I can now hand it down to Maya who loves foraging with me ..


• found lots mama ...




• taking a knife and cutting the stem carefully, leaving the roots of the wild mushroom in the ground so the spores remain intact for next year ...




• whilst really beautiful to look at especially with the sun peeking onto it through the forest canopy this fly agaric is definitely not edible !







• half an hour later and we have foraged enough for our lunch ...



• cooking up a wild mushroom feast with a dash of melted mozzarella whilst Maya is taking a dip in the loch ...




• my little fish ...
well it's a Bernese mountain dog retrieving a stick actually ... giggle



• lunch is served ...



• wild mushrooms with mozzarella and a side of stew


• employing hundreds of tiny little fish in the brook to "do the dishes"

...life doesn't get any better than this ...

...milliande