Mushrooms and fungus

 It's the season for it! A bit cooler, and lots of moisture overnight. September brings them to life. Funnily enough, just like the leaves, there isn't much diversity of colour.

I found some puffballs in the forest!

We had a sleepover!

 Our kids are in our bubble. We have had the grandies for 18 weeks since mid-March. The kids are working from home, and the grandies are homeschooling. Despite cases rising in Ontario: Ottawa, GTA and Windsor, we are hopeful all will be well with us. 

The kids arrived and we hung out. Uncle Jesse phoned and asked if we could do a Facetime. Bryony is adorable!

They went for forest walkies. Momma took these on her phone. Jos took them down to where the BIG puffballs were growing. There was another! I did not know. On the left the old one, on the right, the new one. They are amazing.

You can see two in the back. They were softball sized a couple weeks ago.

Apioperdon pyriforme commonly known as the pear-shaped puffball or stump puffball, is a saprobic fungus present throughout much of the world. Emerging in autumn, this puffball is common and abundant on decaying logs of both deciduous and coniferous wood. Wikipedia

Caitlin did a video!

Fungus everywhere, even on the climbing tree.

They found the trailcam and did a selfie!

Nice forest walkies!

Caitlin BBQ'd burgers.

I asked Izzy to create one of her famous veggies trays! She even took her own photos. She spiralized the carrots.

You'll note that the fish tank is now full of water. Warming up for the fishies. It's time, Yam! I tried to get the pump going, Caitlin was starting to help, sa you have to prime it, but I hustled them off home. I fooled around with it later and realized I'd switched hoses. The intake pipe was on the outflow hose, etc.

Grampa had taped this, so we watched it Sunday morning! 

BTW

An historian used my trek photos... Settler's Trek 2016 in Lanark County, Ontario, for a presentation he did. Rather fun! 

Old Red House Project PP presentation 14 Sept 2020

Stormy weather...

I love these photos. I kept hoping to catch him falling in, but he didn't!

I took the zoom lens out, trying to zoom in to the insects.

From up top the hill I took a photo of the puffballs. I love the greenish tinge.

Nutmeg is quite tired.

Out on the back deck, the hops vine is growing nicely. Normally, we've quite a few Question Mark, or Comma butterflies. Finally, I noticed a couple of them ready to morph.

I threw on my boots and a wrap, determined to see how big these puffballs really are. Cinnamon came with me.

We rounded out our day watching the Raptors play ball. It was quite moving to see Reyez on the CN Tower. Black Lives Matter

That was quite a day! A storm rolled into eastern Ontario. Ottawa was hard hit. We had several storm warnings. How much rain did we get? Nothing!

This storm cell rolled on into and right across the region. Lots of lightning.

Speaking of a storm... Dr. Drummond hears things.