Mushrooms!

While my friend and business partner, Scotty, and his wife and friend were playing hide and seek in the yard with the girls, I discovered the mushrooms I started last fall sprouted! We had a bunch of red wine caps that came out of the wood chip pile. There were also a few Italian oysters popping out of the aspen I inoculated in the front yard. Very tasty. The heat shriveled them quickly though. 

The rest of the visit with Scotty and co was fun. They were supposed to spend a couple nights but just ended up coming for a day. They took a hike at Pictured Rocks which was supposed to take 4-5 hours but it took them twice that. Scotty did it in sandals because his feet were swollen up from a bike ride. Ouch. 

The girls had fun at camp and got a bit of rest. Abigail finally seems to be getting over her cough. We played some badminton too. I spent the day Thursday installing a new garage door opener as the last one broke. Nice that it is so much quieter. I also made some progress on the exterior insulation and tiled the wood stove pad downstairs. Still need to do the grout. It was hot all week. So thankful we have air conditioning, even if it is just for a couple weeks out of the year. Spent lots of time at the beach. Brought a few dinners there. Happy the weather is cooling off now!

The brick was expensive, but it looks good.

Plastic was difficult to place.

Cut away the floor to do some tiling.

So hot. Bees hanging out on the front porch.

Red wine caps.

Like portobellos, but softer.

They were tasty.

Heat shriveled Italian oysters.