Another Summer Weekend ...
August 09, 2008
Another batch of nature photos to share ...
Cows grazing before the storm ...
Super-sweet honesuckle vine ...
A lowly slug enjoying the damp morning ...
Purple loosestrife overtaking a marsh ..
A tiny pumpkin, nestled in the patch ...
Queen Anne's Lace, waiting to unfurl ...
A busy bee in the goldenrod ...
A ring of mushrooms found in the garden ...
"Fairy Rings: Some summer morning you may notice a group of small, brownish mushrooms with slender stalks growing in a circular or semicircular pattern on your lawn. If you happen to find some of these altogether common mushrooms, you should count yourself lucky - or unlucky, depending upon how you feel about fairies. According to folklore, the night before, while you were asleep, forces were at work in your backyard. The slender brown mushrooms are said to appear only in the path fairies use during their circular night dances; hence the common name for this mushroom. The fairy ring is about three to four inches high and has a wooly stalk and light brown to white gills. It is edible and considered choice eating, but since there are a number of small, lawn-growing species that are inedible, it is probably best left alone, unless you can get positive identification." (From A Field Guide to Your Own Backyard)
There are not too many summer weekends left on the calendar; better make the most of them while we can! Hope this one is going well for you all ... see you next week!