Wolf Laurel
November 18th, 2012

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meeting spot hors d'oeuvres

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birthday girl

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sampling honey locust pods

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arrival

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taking in the landscape

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intro

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"what does home mean to you?"

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onto the Appalachian Trail

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behind us, Big Bald (5500 ft)

view

photo op

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introducing hawthorne

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hawthorne berries, potent heart tonic

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angelica seed

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angelica root

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the main ingredient in my anti-cancer "chagalot" ice cream...

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...is especially for melanoma, which is just what it looks like

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I picked this same one three years before (August 2009)

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another chaga, just a bit...

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...of a climb

joe   joe   

my friend and I picked it two years before (October 2010)

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this time, close shave...

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but no cigar

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tinder conk

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found on "The Iceman"

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other conks, also medicinal

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Lycoperdon (literally, "wolf fart")

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mycelium, the fungus that makes mushrooms

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heading back

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all present and accounted for

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just in time

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rapping things up