finding a mushroom village – autumn in sugarbush park
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“mushrooms were the roses in the garden of that unseen world,
because the real mushroom plant was underground.
the parts you could see – what most people called a mushroom –
was just a brief apparition. a cloud flower.”
-margaret atwood, the year of the flood
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Fun fact: Pennsylvania is the largest producer of mushrooms in the U.S. …You always find the best quotes!
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a great claim to fame in my book. just realized a few minutes ago that I’d set today’s post to run tomorrow. ah, math –
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I did that this week too. Posted one on Thursday only to see it pop up again on Saturday morning.
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well, it’s all wp math and magic 0
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New mushrooms are Nature’s oldest medicine…
“Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.”
… Thomas Carlyle
New Mushrooms
After the storm
Old boundaries were transformed
Fences were moved and torn
Fields smelled of rotting corn
Patient vultures remained airborne
Above the drowning longhorn’s
After the storm
I rested under the peppercorn
And I saw new mushrooms rise with the dawn
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Love the term mushroom village!
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that’s what it looked like to me when first stumbling upon them
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It does too.
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There’s something elusively ethereal in both your photo and the quote. Perfect combination.
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thanks, other beth
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sorry to say, but nothing about a mushroom appeals to me 🙂
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they are something that people feel strongly about either way I think
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seems that way…
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Think of all the happy pizzas, Beth! Me, I am one of the no mushrooms please people.
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I know people have strong feelings about eating them, but they are an interesting life form nonetheless
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They all look like fun guys. Or is that Fungis?
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why not both? )
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I love mushroom villages.
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Me too )
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Never expected anyone to wax poetic about mushrooms. I can take them (pizza) or leave them, as long as they stay out of my yard.
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Love or hate, they are interesting
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Cool photo!!!
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Thanks!
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Lovely.
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❤️
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Our neighbor up the street had a huge crescent of large toadstools across his front lawn. Our 6 year old granddaughter thought it was fantastic. It made a great picture.
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I’ll bet it was amazing
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“a cloud flower” — love that! ☺️
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yes, a better name for them –
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Lovely. Seeing lots of those here too; and, ahhh, Atwood, how lovely.
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her words are always magic
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That’s exactly so…
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We’ve got the perfect climate for mushrooms in our neck of the woods. I get quite a few in my yard as it’s rather shady.
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nice –
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And quite a village it is.
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they are always fascinating to me –
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I will never see mushrooms the same way again.
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)))
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My idea of mushrooms are changed forever
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It is a kind shift
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Love your blog here! ❤️
Also, I recently wrote a poem on the beauty of flowers, would love for you to check it out and let me know what you think!
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