A Semi busy week then!

I can understand the bond between a human and a horse, My mother has 5 now! she tends to them everyday without fail, even when shes feeling under the weather and in any weather, she'll be out at the stables sorting them out, add a fair few chickens to the mix to make things busier aha my parents try to be self sustaining with them too, with a small plot of land they swap the horses between pastures through the year while keeping a large field for hay, my father even invested in an old tractor with some very old hay making gear to ensure the winter supply of hay keeps topped up, yet they love it and I honestly think it helps them and their relationship in a therapeutic way :)

I may have to try that ram dance one year before hay harvest time, maybe it'll boost the yield of the field!

I'm a keen mushroom forager myself, though our version of anything to with ears and mushroom would be Jelly Ear mushrooms, my few books deter anyone from collecting gyromitra esculenta or False Morels as they're called, there's a toxicity warning that comes with them, but not everyone is effected the same as iv'e read from research papers, however its similar friend the Morel is quite very edible! I'm a Cep lover myself, dried or used in lasagne :D

Jelly Ear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae
Morel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella

and the beloved Cep...whenever I can get my hands on them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis