Saturday, July 20, 2013

Year of the Mushroom

The humidity was as thick as a damp blanket today. On the way in to Homewood for our gig this evening, it rained so hard that traffic on the Interstate slowed to a crawl. All the cars were riding their
breaks which made a thread of color in the distance that looked like strings of red Christmas lights.
I know I've mentioned this before, but it's rained a lot this spring an summer. The weatherman said this week that if we didn't get another drop for the rest of the year, we'd still have a surplus of rainfall for 2013.
When the weather is damp, mushrooms thrive. I've seen some of the most beautiful color I've ever seen in mushrooms.
I shot this one when we were on our morning walk. I guess you could say, it's the year of the mushroom.

9 comments:

  1. We have had them in our yard, too, this summer, Rick. Very unusual for us. There are no pretty ones though- only the grayish tan variety. I am so sorry to hear of Jilda's family's loss. So very sad to lose someone that young. Hope you have a great night. Diana
    ps- I remember those monsoons living in FL where the Interstate would slow to a crawl.

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  2. Rain, rain, and more rain.
    Mushrooms AND frogs are in abundance here too.
    There are some interestingly lovely mushrooms now...because of all this rain.

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  3. We had a lot of rain in Nova Scotia... we already have a fair amount and this year has been more. Makes for lush green grass...:-)

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  4. We've had a TON of rain in Nova Scotia!! Am looking forward to a bumper blueberry and cranberry crop this year!!

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  5. We're having big storms everyday. I'm tired of them, but my backyard lake is thriving.

    Love,
    Janie

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  6. No rain here.
    Send us some water from Alabama, Rick. We need some rain.

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  7. I hate to hate the rain because you never know when a long, dry spell could arrive..but this spring and summer has been a very wet one. Do you have mosquitoes too? They are horrible here this year! Oh well, enjoy the 'shrooms and all the beauty amongst the wet and dreary!

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  8. Those looks like a poisonous mushroom though a pretty one.
    We had a big shower last evening and one big one the evening before but today was spectacular. We had a nice cooling breeze with plenty of beautiful sunshine.

    JB

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  9. We have had little ones come up in several of our potted plants! I haven't had that happen before. We enjoyed a lovely shower this morning and it cooled it down quite a bit as well. I suppose it will amp up the humidity, but rain is forecast off and on for the whole week. I am delighted!
    tm

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