On the weekend we go foraging for mushrooms with a good friend of ours, Olivia, and her mum, Maria, who, very happily for us, happens to know a thing or two about mushrooms, and has agreed to be our guide for the day. Luckily, we have the forest all to ourselves. It's quiet and serene, and the ground is scattered with wild mushrooms!
Hugging my baby girl before setting off on our mushroom hunt.
Excited about what we might find.
My first Pine Mushroom of the day.
I was so excited when I correctly identified and found my first Pine Mushroom.
Cute as a button.
On the hunt...
Ola and her mushroom knife.
A cute little cluster of mushrooms growing at the base of an old tree.
A cute little Pine Mushroom. I got so excited every time I spotted one. It was exactly like going on a treasure hunt.
Maria teaching me the finer points of mushroom identification.
Skilled hands of the lovely Olivia.
Olivia and I sharing our finds.
Posing with our basket of mushrooms.
We came across about 5 varieties of mushrooms while out foraging, but only two varieties were edible.
Pretty as a picture.
Olivia and I taking her foraging job very seriously.
A cute moment together.
Heading off into a little wooded area to play in all the autumn leaves.
Decorating our mushroom basket with fallen leaves.
Posing in the pretty leaves all in yellow.
We were pretty happy with our effort for the day.
We are seriously happy with our basket of Pine Mushrooms.
Feeling at ease during my favourite season.
Sharing a fun moment and generally being silly.
When you take a photo at totally the wrong time.
Tired but happy at the end of our foraging adventure.