Phungus Phase

Apologies, dear readers, for more on fungi. This little treasure delighted me, growing all in one bundle, little shoots shorter than my fingers. I am boring you with three photos to emphasize scale. I'm tempted to start a terrarium, or would have been in earlier decades.

More Walks in the Woods

Red Maple Carpet - shockingly crimson and abundant



Two fungi, so clearly body parts. Lisa and DH, what ARE they called?

and the fungi of fairy tales. I checked: no gnomes underneath

Fungi

T and I took a fall hike into the hills in Montville, the Frye-Hogback Section of the George's Highland Path. Fungi was abundant. It was a lovely day for a seven mile hike. As T said, "Delightful lunch (he packed it), delightful woods, delightful weather and delightful company." Because we need a new roof, we are unable to take the Spanish/Portugese hike we had planned so instead we're capitalizing on what's close by. Besides, we got away from the pound-pound-pound on the rooftop at home.

Fungi, Fauna and Family

Is this a poodle that has gone unclipped? It is the friendliest, most eager-to-play dog I've seen in a long time. I think he would love the boys. We (the boys and I) are dying to get to him as right now we can only pat him through his prison bars. Honestly I would steal him away if I could.


I've taken Dex to the library's story hour the last two times. He loves it and falls asleep in the stroller on the way home, exhausted with stimulation. (In the background are Zach, Sarah and Carl, our new friend with a buzz cut. He's as cute as a poodle.)

The mushrooms here are yet another fascinating feature of the environment. This one is about three feet square and is really comprised of many small mushrooms that seem to have grown together.