Ecological Food for Thought on Seafood

For anyone who is interested, I recently published this book.  It is available in print or as an e-book.

Reflections on the new year

A few days ago, I was walking on the Hidden Lake nature trail and came to realize that reflected images often seem to be clearer than that which they are reflecting.  The camera captured clear reflections in the lake, while the tree tops appeared to end in a hazy sky.

New Year's Day is a great time for reflection.  Best wishes for 2014!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas here on the Oregon Coast is sunny and the temperature made it into the 50's.  Not bad for any month of the year.  A little surprising for December.

Best wishes for 2014!

Be warm!

Even the crescent moon looks cold in our clear, wintery sky.

 

 

 

And yes, it did snow here.

 

 

A season of colorful sunsets

After a long stretch of gray days, we have had over a week of clear skies.  Some days the evening skies produce almost a kaleidoscope of color.

Enjoy December!

The harvest continues

After early fall rains, we have had many clear days in October.  Seems like perfect conditions for mushrooms.  My harvest has shifted from chanterelles to king boletes.

yesterday's harvest

today's harvest (4.5 pounds)

All these mushrooms were gathered within a couple blocks of our house.  Three of them were gathered on our property.

And of course, the fishing season continues.

yesterday's coho salmon

What the harvest moon started

Any time a full moon is named the harvest moon, we can't help but feel motivated to harvest something.

September's harvest moon, setting in the morning, over the Pacific

 A fishing expedition resulted in the capture of 2 salmon, one small Chinook salmon, and one large coho salmon.

Chinook on left, coho on right

A mushroom-gathering expedition resulted in 10 pounds of huge chanterelles.  Most of them were the size of my hand.  Also I found the first king bolete of the season.

A week later, our final expedition sought Dungeness crabs.  We came home with 19, which yielded 7.5 pounds of crab meat.

Uncooked Dungeness crabs

Steaming hot, just out of the pot

Cooked crabs in the rinse tank

Since the crabbing expedition on Thursday, we have been under assault from the remains of a Japanese typhoon.  But the freezer is full, and we only lost power for three hours.

Seize the moment and harvest whatever is in season!