An afternoon walk down our country road looking at mushrooms, identifying trees and general discussions on life, the choices we make and the significance of our own personal values versus those we were educated to consider worthy. You know, a real rural Aaron Sorkin walk'n'talk ('a rural-Sorkin').
On this particular day, Lia showed me physical differences between oaks, maples and beech trees. Oaks are tall and grow their branches like broccoli, only near the top, with bright yellow fall leaves. Beech trees are obviously much smaller and start growing their branches near the bottom of the trunk. I know you know all of this already. I was just surprised by my lack of ability to actually identify trees, especially at a distance. Oh, yeah. Mushrooms, the ones we're looking for, tend to like oak trees. Thats why oak identification is important, or at least temporarily significant when fantasizing about mushroom hunting.
-Tim
-Tim