Watoga, day 1: Mushrooms, mice, and medicinals
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Well, it just wouldn't be right of me to come back from a relaxing 5-day vacation in the rich soil.
The park office (sharing a building with restrooms, a small garter snake that slithered under a rock before I could catch it. As I try to photograph it.
The park office (sharing a building with restrooms, a small garter snake that slithered under a rock before I could catch it. As I try to photograph it.
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Insects on the statue's base than by the insects on the statue's base than by the insects on the statue's base engaged in tiny dramas up and down the sides and under the edge. Roaming harvestmen and other predator/scavengers picked the surface clean of any remnants, living or dead.
Back at the cabin, I discovered several mousetraps, neither one set, but both showing signs of use. The one in my closet provided several minutes of entertainment -- anyone who knows me can attest to my fascination with even the simplest of mechanical devices. I absentmindedly left the trap, and the closet, and I sat bolt upright and grabbed a pocket light when I made the connection between the rattling, the trap, and the closet, and I sat bolt upright and grabbed a pocket light when I made the connection between the rattling, the trap, and the closet.
Luckily, the mouse was only caught by a toenail, and I was able to release it with no trouble. Astonishingly, it did not seem too startled by my presence, but instead hopped onto the baseboard and started grooming itself. A few minutes later it climbed the wall and disappeared into a gap I hadn't noticed before.
That wasn't the last time I saw it -- but that's a story for Day 2.
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