Tag Archives: chanterelle

The Art of Crowd Avoidance

By Halle | Published: December 7, 2009

For starters one way to avoid crowds is to take advantage of extreme weather and get out when most everyone is in. Yesterday was such a day on an abandoned trail in the Columbia River Gorge near Cascade Locks.

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Primo Picking

By Halle | Published: October 21, 2009

Claudia and I experienced a banner day picking today. Chanterelles are more pleasant and are easier to clean when dry!

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Foodie Babies Wear Chanterelles

By Halle | Published: November 14, 2008
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Chanterelle picking 14 November 2008

By Halle | Published: November 14, 2008

Today was my last day of Chanterelle picking for the season. It would have been nice to get out more this year. Some of the best and largest ones I found were emerging from under a large log: I met two Russians with a beautiful 4-month-old German Sheperd. They assumed I was Ukrainian because I [...]

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Make It Red

By Halle | Published: October 15, 2008

Once upon a time when I worked for one I heard another art dealer say to a photographer:  “If it doesn’t sell make it red. If it still doesn’t sell make it big. And if it STILL doesn’t sell make it big AND red.”  There’s no stratergery here; the bag I happened to grab before [...]

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10 lb. Chanterelle

By Halle | Published: October 7, 2008

Yup, that’s me. Me and the biggest Chanterelle I’ve ever found. The photo’s by ‘Whatia’ Howell. Claudia and I went picking Sunday and were utterly clueless that it was the 2nd day of rifle deer season in Oregon. After meeting several nice fellows with rifles over their shoulders we avoided parking near other vehicles and [...]

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autumn harbinger

By Halle | Published: August 14, 2008

After a surf along the northern Oregon coast Tuesday I found my first Chanterelles of the 2008 mushroom season:  They were exactly where I found my first patch in 2007 only 2 weeks or so earlier.

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