Wordless Wednesday
Here’s some oddly shaped mushrooms … at least from this low angle …
I guess if you’ve ever wondered if mushrooms are male or female this should answer your question … I’d say they are distinctly female. Wouldn’t you?
Oh what a storm
I really don’t know how the majority of my roses and flowers manage to stay mostly intact with all the rain and storms we’ve had this summer.
We just had a big rain and hail storm and yes there are petals littering the ground around my flower beds, but there are still a lot of flowers on my plants.
I guess I’ll just count myself lucky and cross my fingers as we’re expecting more storms!
I took that photo while I was safely inside my enclosed back porch. It’s through the screen so it’s not as clear as it could be, but it’s not that bad. The vertical streaks are rain and hail. For some reason it never looks like it’s raining as hard in my backyard as it does in the front!
The hail was literally bouncing off the ground and making large splashes!
Speaking of hail … I managed to capture one as it fell:
That while blurred blob in the red circle is a piece of hail. I’d say for the most part that the hail was approximately the size of M&M’s but that one looks bigger .. maybe grape size?
We’ve had more hail with our storms this summer than I can ever remember having! We’re lucky that the hail in this area has been rather small. Some areas (even other parts of Toronto) seem to get even larger hail – like golf ball size and as a result there’s been a lot of damage to cars and other objects this summer thanks to the massively sized hail!
I love how you can actually see the hail “trails” in this picture as it falls to the ground and lands on the grass.
Have you had strange weather in your area this summer too?
Dahlia thief?
Can you believe this? You know my lovely planted front boulevard? Well the other day when I was outside with my Lab puppy I took a moment to survey the garden. Much to my astonishment I saw that one of my Dahlias was lying flat on the ground.
I took the puppy back inside and went out to take a further look. It looks like someone was either trying to snap off a flower and accidentally pulled the whole two foot tall plant from the ground, or more likely they were trying to steal the plant for some odd reason.
The dahlia had been in the ground since late April so it was well established and growing well. I basically had to replant it and stake it to stabilize it. if it survives I probably won’t see flowers from it for another month. Grrr
It ticks me off when people do stupid things to other peoples gardens or property. Did you happen to read my story about everyone in the neighborhood stealing peaches off my neighbors tree?
Have you had people steal or damage plants on your property?