Seen on a walk

A photo of a yellow toadstool

Mild concerns about the Fae

I don’t know what combination of weather has produced the perfect conditions for fungi this year but I have seen so many different kinds of mushrooms this summer.

This is one of my favourites.

A photo of a yellow toadstool
A photo of a light yellow toadstool that’s about 6 inches tall with a rounded cap. It’s standing in some grass that is more than halfway up the stalk.

But the abundance of fungi has made me wonder if I should be on the lookout for the Fae.

I guess we should all just be careful not to give beautiful strangers our true names until we figure it out.

Seen on Today’s Walk

We’ve had a dusting of snow a few times this past week (including Xmas day- yay!) and I was delighted to see the trees lightly frosted today.

It’s like icing sugar on a treat.

A photo of trees and long grass lightly covered in snow.
Image description: a photo of evergreen trees and some long, yellowed grass. The trees are dusted with snow and there is snow on the ground with the grass sticking out of it.

Not a storm yet

There is a winter storm warning here today.

But so far the snow is just falling gently and it hasn’t even started blowing around.

It’s really perfect weather for walking the dog.

. A dog walking on a snowy path.
Image description: Khalee, my dog, is at the bottom of the photo ahead of her is a snowy path with snow covered evergreens and leafless trees on both sides of it.

Again with the dogberries

I know I’ve mentioned how much I like dogberries.

My camera has all kinds of photos like these:

A close up photo of bright red dogberries on a bare branch. There is grass below and in the background and a white SUV in the far background.
A photo of multiple bunches of bright red dogberries on mostly bare branches with a few yellowed leaves here and there.
A very close-up photo of bright red dogberries on the end of a bare branch just a little bit above some grass.

Flowers from today’s walk

A pink stalk-shaped flower standing in greenery.
Pink flowers (with petals on either side of a upright stalk) surrounded by greenery.
Pink and red stalk-shapes flowers amidst shrubbery.
Red and pink flowers standing upright amidst shrubbery. The flowers are tall stalks with petals stuck out on both sides.
A white flower among greenery.
A single white bloom, shaped like a trumpet’s horn, surrounded by greenery.