The Mushroom Massacre - October 14, 2023
Yesterday morning I planned to put out the front yard Halloween decorations. I made the mistake of saying aloud to Mickey, "I have to put on my shoes." Well, he misunderstood and thought that meant we were going on a walk. So, he guilted me into taking a walk before doing the decorations! I'm glad, it was a nice walk in the neighborhood park.
Except a large patch of mushrooms had been massacred. It looked like someone had just kicked their way through.
I still got some nice photos.
These two were in a different part of the park.
On the way home a neighbor had this blooming, an Abyssinian gladiola, also known as a Peacock lily or Abyssinian Sword-Lily. It is indeed one of the gladiola family.
I got the decorations up when we got back. Then, I went to the Goodwill Bins. I had a very busy day! I'll have to get some nighttime photos.
As you can see, there are still quite a few flowers around. Tomorrow's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, so you'll see more of them then if you come back.
Oh my, that was a massacre.
ReplyDeleteI like your decorations, very festive.
Yeah, I don't know why people have to ruin things. Even mushrooms, they were just in a big park not hurting anyone.
DeleteBeautiful flower. Not so beautiful mushroom massacre. I used to decorate some for Halloween when my son was young. That was years ago. Right now I just stick with scarecrows and artificial fall leaves.
ReplyDeleteI decorate more than ever. We live a block from an elementary school, so there are lots of young children and parents walking to and from school. Also, my decorations grow in number since I discovered the Goodwill Outlet store!
DeleteYour decorations are fun.
ReplyDeleteI like to think so! Some are silly, so the "scary" ones don't seem so scary.
DeleteI would always vote for the silly scary over the macabre scary -- your yard would win!
ReplyDeleteLast year when I was putting spiders out a little boy was passing with her dad, and was a bit scared. I offered to show him they were pretend and just fuzzy fur on them, and he felt better! I don't like scary!
DeleteAh, poor mushrooms! They look like a field agaric (Agaricus campestris), but it's been so long since I've done any mushroom identification, I don't trust my ability anymore.
ReplyDeleteCould be, but I wouldn't trust myself to identify them. If I ate mushrooms, which I don't. I never see anyone gathering them though. I know the field agaric is one of the fairy ring mushrooms, and these do grow in rings in the same park.
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