Love all of them, IC... but I'm especially fond of those mushroom pics.

A few years ago (?) I broke down and spent a lot of money on a real book "Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians".
It was an obsession of mine for some time.
I love eating mushrooms and the idea of "living off the land". I bought the book with hopes of more easily identifying edible wild mushrooms.
I've always held fast to the practice of (after watching the animals and birds eat something) taking the teensiest of bites of something and noting any problems then adding more and more if each step was okay.
Thank goodness for google! With mushroom, toxins can build up FOR YEARS in a persons organs before finally disabling or killing them

Until I can afford a knowledgeable Nature Guide, I'm just going to admire their beauty