A lady at Costco was putting out chanterelle mushrooms in the refrigerated fruit and vegetable section on Saturday. I thought they looked interesting both for eating and photographing. I looked up recipes on Fine Cooking’s website and found a recipe for Mushroom & Asparagus Shepherd’s Pie that called for a variety of mushrooms, including chanterelle. The last photo is the resulting shepherd’s pie I made from the recipe tonight. I made the mashed potatoes yesterday, so all-in-all it took three and a half hours to prepare and  40 minutes to bake. Although one could boil the potatoes while preparing other ingredients and mash them while cooking the mushrooms. That could cut an hour out of the prep time.

The Sandias had interesting clouds on them tonight. While they went through their pink phase as the sun set, this photo shows the clouds at their most interesting point.