#wildthingsadventures

We spent some time in the kids forts - building new shelving, picking “stomach ache” berries and preparing a feast for fairies 🧚‍♂️ #wildthingsadventures #getoutdoors https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLLitbl0eb/?igshid=1le8trsdzief0

Happy Earth Day! The Dryad’s saddle or Cerioporus squamosus, are a mushroom with a beautiful pattern on the top of their cap that looks something like pheasant feathers, a visual example of their other common name: “Pheasant Back”. You could think of them as a cousin to the chicken of the woods and hen of the woods mushrooms. More importantly, they’ll start to fruit in the spring alongside morels, so you’ll often see them around each other. Keep an eye out 👁 🍄 #earthday #wildthingsadventures https://www.instagram.com/p/B_S3HsVlcm6/?igshid=1kwkpnog45gte

My girls have been begging me to build them a treehouse ever since we moved here 5 years ago. 🌳 Earlier this spring, we walked the property together and scoped out the best spots, weighted the pros and cons of each location, and finally settled on this spot. 🌳 It’s not far from the house, but it’s just over the hill, so you can’t see it from the backyard, it has a great view, plenty of shade, and we used four trees, so there is plenty of room to hang a hammock above it. 🌳 Of course the girls have been involved in every step of the process: how high should it be, what size bolts to use, and holding up the boards while I attach them. I’m proud of them for sticking to their dream and not letting me forget to build it with them. Now, we are almost done! 👍🏾 #backyardtreehouse #adventuredad #wildthingsadventures @wildthings_adventures https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YGnRvljwK/?igshid=19l4zhb2mi52o

Fact or fiction: children are better at finding morels because they’re closer to the ground. #morelmushrooms #mushroomfarmer #wildthingsadventures #wildthingsfarm (at Lafayette, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgQxZRFDsC/?igshid=x1bk42v9hdzb

Fun times in our wet woods 😟 #woodsweapon #wildthingsadventures (at Lafayette, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxbMiAPnXUJ/?igshid=19vjs36qvog9u

The hunt continues! I promise to never again complain about a cold and rainy spring! Morels love this weather 🍄🥰 #morelsareextraterrestrial #planetmorel #wildthingsadventures https://www.instagram.com/p/BxVJFgInhr5/?igshid=1em2f5vvvmcp

Great day celebrating the announcement of @saab joining the greater lafayette community with the production of their T-X trainer jet and the tourism tailgate at Visit Lafayette! Czech out the full story from @davebangert (Link in Bio) @glcommerce #livinglafayette #wildthingsadventures (at Lafayette, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxOLoymHzZY/?igshid=1632tvzxcv8lq

It’s not a good idea to forgo safety when riding, but when you you find a mess of morels while running sprints, you do whatever is necessary to get them back up the hill! #offroadmorels #wildthingsadventures (at Lafayette, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxI7jYwHS5r/?igshid=1w8ke5qn84dna