November is almost out of here...

I hate how fast time goes sometimes. I also love how slow time goes on days like today. It was a very relaxed day of getting stuff done and enjoying my grandkids and cooking a nice turkey dinner. Other than the fact that I spend way too much of my time with my computer, it was very satisfying. Of course, the computer time was satisfying, too, but I just need to take less time with the computer and more time actually getting real work done. Imaginary work is a lot more fun, though.
 Honestly my mind is completely blank right now. I wanted to post mushroom pictures, but I can't find the names of some of them. But maybe I will just post them anyway. I want to get back to getting stuff done.

I have never seen these before.

This stump was covered in mushrooms.

Another odd variety that I haven't seen.

I thought this was some kind of rusted gear when I first saw it sitting on a downed  log.

More mushrooms...

Here are the mushrooms we found at Twin Harbors State Park.


This is a brown version of the "Mario" mushrooms, Amanita muscaria. (Variety formosa)



One of the fawns took a bite out of this one as they walked through.


Pretty little brown one. I haven't identified them all, yet.


This may be a type of amanita that is very poisonous, but I haven't made a positive ID yet.

Mushrooms

Raise your hand if you play "Animal Crossing".

I love that game, although I still prefer the Gamecube version over the newer Wii version. In the Gamecube version you can hunt for mushrooms between Oct.15th and Oct. 25th. There are five mushrooms each morning, if you get out there right at 8am and hunt for them. They decrease over the hour between 8 and 9, and are all gone by 9am, so it's kind of like the early bird thing.
I tend to time travel when I play this game because I get bored with it if I just do each day when I get to it. This means I set the time and day each time I turn it on to play. Otherwise, it is a game that keeps real time. There are some things you don't get if you time travel, because you have to go back on consecutive days in order for them to work, but otherwise it is your choice.
Anyway...I thought it was just random that they had you go mushroom hunting in October, but apparently that is based on when mushrooms sprout in the real world. I say that, because, on our trip to the ocean we saw more mushrooms than I think I've ever seen before. Mushrooms were everywhere and there was quite a variety, too. Here are some pictures of some of the mushrooms we saw. These are the ones from around our RV park. Tomorrow I will post the ones from Twin Harbors State Park.


Broken.



Mario style but brown instead of red. The actual name is Amanita Muscaria.








There is a little pool of water on this one with leaves floating in it.

Mario, anyone?

I don't have a lot of time for blogging today, but here is a nice picture blog for you. Imagine my surprise when I came across these mushrooms while on our trip to the ocean! I thought they were just the cartoon invention of whoever thought up the Mario games! LOL. But here they are in real life sprouting out of the ground at the Twin Harbors State Park. I had no idea! They are not all bright red like these in the following photos. Some are more of an orange red and some are orange or brown. I have more pictures which I will post when I do a blog on some of the other mushrooms I found there. Enjoy!

Saskatchewan: The mushrooms

I have a book on mushrooms, but I have no idea where, so these are not identified. If you know what kind they are, please feel free to share.
In Chris's back yard.

Just coming up.



These look like little beanies to me.







Two little button mushrooms at Nipawin.



In Chris's back yard again.
These look like little daisies.






Regular little brown mushrooms.




At Good Spirit Lake campgrounds.
These were little buttons on the ground. Sam knocked a couple of them over, until I asked him to please stop.








Beautiful white mushroom. I was going to photograph it standing here the next day, but it got picked by a devious little four year old.






Laying on the ground after Sam picked it.


Laying on the ground the next day.


This one is huge, almost six inches across. I found it at the "little house on the prairie" geocache site.