Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Mushroom Hunting!

We took a few hours to go to one of my favorite places, today.

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My mom and step-dad’s farm.

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This cute little mushroom was NOT what we were looking for…

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But this trillium caught our eye and we just had to stop and take a closer look.

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The may apples were a good sign that we were looking in the right place.

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And, well… This log just struck my fancy. I loved the textures of the peeling bark.

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When you’re looking for teeny, tiny mushrooms, you see teeny tiny flowers like this one.

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And suddenly, you see it! The first mushroom!

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But don’t move! Look around first, ‘cause there’s bound to be more!

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I guess if you stand on a log, you don’t have to worry about stepping on a mushroom.

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Once you start finding them, it’s awfully hard to stop.

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See it?

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And while you’re taking the time to do some looking, you start seeing all kinds of wonderful, amazing things.

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Great beauty in the everyday, simple things.

We went hunting for mushrooms but found so much more.

4 comments:

  1. Oh, so beautiful! I don't care for mushrooms (are those morels?), but what a lovely place! Glad you're week is a mellow one so far! :)

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  2. Where do you live? It looks so warm!

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  3. we will be over for supper....let us know when the mushrooms are ready!

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  4. so very cool! what a great nature walk.

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