2025 was another crazy year. I thought life slowed down as one got older but I’m busier and busier each year. For the last 7 years I have been lucky to also live and work alongside the community in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (dtes). 2025 was a year where I had to travel to my family over the summer and then back to dtes in September. I was so happy to return to BC and so very grateful that I get to live here – In dtes and on the Sunshine Coast. I was not able to make it up to the coast from the city until almost December and there were still some great finds. And smart me, I now have insurance: I showed my mushroom interested neighbours how to identify chanterelles. And here’s the good news… they don’t like to eat mushrooms so they saved their findings for me! How welcome was that! I have the best neighbours!!

And with the universe kicking me some needed happiness, I adopted the sweetest dog, Beya Mar, in October. She was alone on the streets of Mexico City and I was lucky enough to adopt her. She arrived at the end of October and rescued me. We came to the coast at the end of November and got into the forest as soon as possible. She loved it!

So again for 2025 I am posting all the photos in this one post. From my neighbours finds to Beya Mar and my finds on Soames Hill. Hope your foraging in 2025 was wonderful.

So, let’s get to the photos of these wonderful beauties. I know you know who they are. The photos start with my neighbours chanties and then our finds from December.

Beya Mar exploring Soames Hill. December 2025
Bit different from the streets of Mexico City.

Hope your 2025 foraging was the best and see you in the forests in 2026!