“Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.” – George Burns
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Slow Motion Waterfall
This is the Great Falls in Paterson, NJ at the peak of flow following our recent floods. This was shot at 1000 fps with a Phantom Miro eX4. There are three clips, each runs for 12 seconds. This represents a little less than 1/3-second of “real time”.
Slow Motion Waterfall from Rick Robinson on Vimeo.
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 03/21/2010 at 07:30 AM
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Closed the Pool for 2009
The water was down to 60 degrees F when we got back from vacation. So, Dennis came over and closed the pool yesterday. That will save on electricity since we don’t have to run the pump every day. Sad, though.
Posted under: New Jersey • by Rick on 09/29/2009 at 03:28 PM
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Shrooms of October
Okay, you saw my first NJ fish.
Now it is time for my first NJ mushrooms.
We signed up for a mushroom foray for today at a local farm. What a pleasant surprise when we got there. Wonderful people, wonderful land. And a great “honor system” organic store where we bought some jam, tomato sauce, squash and onions. And, she had eggs and lettuce and…
But wait, before we go to the afternoon foray…
It was time to walk the dogs this morning. We walked toward Green Turtle Pond. The road is closed below our street for a while (what a pain), but that means no traffic for a while. As we walked in the “no car zone”, Lynne noticed a group of mushrooms growing on a tree a bit off the road.
I thought it was a Hen of the Woods and got pretty excited since that is a choice edible mushroom. But, after returning home and doing some research, it turned out to be a Chicken of the Woods—even better! Lynne went and took pictures. I went with a knife and brought it home.
It was 2 pounds of choice mushroom! (Which I am sure will end up on Lynne’s blog too.)
Okay, this mushroom is going to get washed, cut into strips and frozen. It will be great in a risotto, soups, etc. Since it “tastes like chicken”, you can use it anywhere you would chicken.
Now, to the afternoon. Our goal was Honey Mushrooms. Yum. And, we found some. Since it has been so hot and dry, there weren’t a lot, but this is the only time of year you see them, and we found enough to make some pickled mushrooms to serve on toast.
If we are here to post after eating them, we’ll let you know how they were 
Posted under: New Jersey • Mushroom Articles • by Rick on 10/06/2007 at 06:58 PM
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Good News, Bad News, Good News, Bad News
Last Saturday I walked down to Green Turtle Pond with my fishing gear to try my hand (once again) at catching an edible fish. When I got home I told Lynne I had “good news, bad news, good news and bad news”. Clearly confused she asked for the story.
The good news is that I saw lots of wildlife. On my way there and back I saw several groups of turkeys and a red fox.
The bad news is that I didn’t see or catch any fish.
The good news is that along the east side of the lake, where I was fishing, it is very wooded and lots of mushrooms were growing. (We like searching out wild mushrooms).
The bad news is that if you are walking along the trail with your head down looking at mushrooms, you might just walk up on a bear!
That is what I did. I was walking along a not-so-well-worn path with my head on a swivel looking down and side to side when I heard a “hummmffff” sound. I looked up and about 20 feet in front of me, coming toward me on the path was a fairly large black bear. My heart sunk into my stomach and I said some foul words. I stepped behind a tree to keep something between me and the bear. He just stood there hummmfffing at me for a couple of minutes and decided to pass me by going up the hill a ways. He took his time though, and I just kept sidestepping around the tree as he moved by. When the coast was clear, I came home to tell Lynne the news.
Posted under: New Jersey • Mushroom Articles • by Rick on 09/11/2007 at 04:08 PM
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
11 January
We got our first official snow of the season yesterday—a brief flurry that left only a trace of precipitation. At least it was acknowledged as a snow event by the weather service. This is the latest snowfall that has occurred since the weather service started keeping records in 1878.
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick on 01/11/2007 at 07:00 AM
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