Enormous trees and grand ocean vistas are all wonderful, but the little things found in the forest are enchanting. I kept my eye out for fungi on our walks and was happily rewarded with some lovely specimens like the Fly Agaric above. These had such fat stems. I saw another with a much more slender stem. These look like little houses for tiny fairies.
This clump lived on a fallen log. The tallest was about 2.5 centimetres or 1 inch.
I think a small creature used this for his umbrella and then placed it in the tree.
A truly good book is something as wildly natural and primitive,
mysterious and marvelous, ambrosial and fertile as a
fungus or a lichen.
Henry David Thoreau
The latest Louise Penny novel arrived yesterday. I'm eager to begin, but will wait until I've finished my current books. I hope it's as good as a fungus, as Thoreau expressed. I'm about half-way through Elly Griffiths' The Last Remains, and I've also begun an older book, Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther.
She unwrapped the chrysanthemums and arranged them in a square glass jar, between herself and the light, so that the sun shone through them. They were the big mop-headed kind, burgundy-coloured, with curled petals; their beauty was noble, architectural; and as for their scent, she though as she buried her nose in the nearest of them, it was a pure distillation of her mood, a quintessence of all that she found gay and intoxicating and astringent about the weather, the circumstances, her own age and the season of the year. Oh, yes, October certainly suited her best.
Jan Struther
On the beach a few days ago, Tim cut a piece of bull kelp - tangles of it lie on the beaches, tossed up by the waves. He blew into one end and made lots of trumpeting sounds. He said it took a lot of effort. I suggested that our granddaughter who plays the trumpet might find this fun.
It's always lovely to sleep in my own bed and roam about my house that is much larger than a travel trailer. And it's equally lovely to slip into my daily routine once again. I walked with a friend this morning, bought a few groceries, did some small chores, and spent a couple of hours with the two youngest granddaughters after school. Cora is still very pleased with her earrings.
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