For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hello everyone and welcome back to our series called “Little Things” which I began back on June 6 and meant to make this a weekly series. It didn’t quite work out that way. But hopefully now I can keep it a weekly post until something new begins in the fall. This will be our summer series, just as “Nature’s Art” is our winter series. In this series will be a lot of different things that are small and quite often go unnoticed by people. Some will be more noticeable than others perhaps, but we still don’t give them much of a thought even when we do see them, with a few exceptions as we will see over the next few weeks. Some of these “little” things may not appear so little but because they blend in so well with their background I decided to add some anyway. But most will be small and sometimes very hard to see.
In the pic above is the “conifer false morel” mushroom. These mushrooms grow in the spring, which for us means they will show up in May or early June. As their name implies, they like to grow near or under conifers, such as pines, spruce and balsam trees. I found them down by the river under some red and white pines. These are not really “little”, they can grow up to 4 inches tall and wide (10cm). But they do blend in well making them hard to see unless you are specifically looking for them. These are NOT morel mushrooms, a type that people like to eat. These are false morels and are very toxic (poisonous), they can make a person very sick or even cause death. It is best to leave these mushrooms alone.
Then in this next pic above is a tiny “goldenrod crab spider”. One of my readers wanted me to show some pics of spiders, so here is one that is rather interesting. I don’t like spiders of any kind really, but small ones are not a problem like the monster ones that come inside. Anyway, these little spiders like to sit on white or yellow flowers (like goldenrod, where they get their name). They can change color from white to yellow, though it takes a few days, and back again, a little quicker going back to white. This is a female which also has pink to red stripes or spots on it’s body. They are hunting spiders and will sit motionless on a flower waiting for an insect to get close enough, then it pounces and uses it’s venom to paralyze the insect. It especially likes wasps. The male is more brownish in color. When she lays her eggs she will spin a web around them and diligently guard them for about 3 weeks until they hatch and go on their way, then she dies shortly after.
Well, there is our second look at little things, next week I will have something else to share with you. I hope you have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
So cool
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Thanks Lydia!
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Drinking an iced coffee while reading this! The good news is that Iβm able to enjoy coffee again. That mushroom is kinda creepy looking.
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How interesting. I am one of those weirdos who actually don’t mind spiders, and do find them fascinating. Wasps on the other hand… lol
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Wow, good for you! I don’t know how you do it. Small spiders like this one don’t bother me, but the ones in my apartment that get to be 4 inches across, those bother me…a lot!π³π³π
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Wowwww that spider is so cute steveπ₯Ί
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Spiders are cute?π³π³
Glad you liked it!ππΉ
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Well not really wait that was a SPIDERπ€―
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHπ€―π€―π€―π€―
I HATE SPIDERS STEVEπ€―
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I don’t like them either,π³π³ but this one was kinda different so I had to show her.ππ€ͺ The spider is a female.ππ¬
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Looks like it but DON’T EVER SHOW THAT TO ME EVER AGAINπ
They make me sick sorryππππ π π π
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Okay, next time I show a spider, don’t look at it.ππ²π³ππΉ
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Hahahahahahhaππππ
Yeah I won’t π€£π€£π€£π€£
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Beautiful
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome my friend stay blessed
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You as well Haroon!
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Very interesting mushroom but better leave it alone π€ͺ
That spider, I even can’t watch the photo…they terrifies me even if are smallππ£
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Yes, it took me a while to find that mushroom, I knew we must have them, it’s a great addition to my photo collection anyway. Unlike some mushrooms, it’s easy to identify.
I agree, spiders are not exactly fun, though when small I don’t mind them. It’s amazing how many big spiders we have around here though!π³π¬
Have a great evening Ribana!ππΊ
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AWESOME Steve!!!
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Thank you Eshal! Have a great day!ππΊ
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Wonderful pics, Steve!
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Thank you so much Rossana! Have a wonderful day!ππΊ
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Thanks, Steve!
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You know about spiders too π§ Ew that mushroom looks like bunch of worms… and the spider is scary.. not like ours… ours is like round in the center and 8 legs around it, and it’s tiny, not scary at all, sometimes it is whn it’s too bigπ³π Nice piece of information about spiders β¨π
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I knew you would like that mushroom Simon! It’s usually described as looking like a brain,π€ͺ I like your idea better!ππ€ If you think that spider is scary, you should see our other spiders!π²π¬
Thanks Simon! Hope those pics don’t keep you awake tonight.π³π³π·π
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I hope it won’t π³π πΉπ I’m thinking too much these nights ππ
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When I saw that mushroom I thought maybe my brain had accidentally fallen out!ππΉπ€£π€ͺ
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It’s scary and creepyππΉ
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And kind of feels like rubber.π³ππΉ
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ha ha ha ππΉ did you tasted it chewing ππ³
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If I tried that I wouldn’t be here today!π² I just poked at it with my finger.ππ
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πΉππΉ Good Experiment π
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Too late now.π³π
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Mushrooms are fascinating because there are so many varieties displaying different shapes and colors. They’re cool! πππΎπ»βοΈβοΈ
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Yes indeed, I agree! I never knew there was so many different mushrooms until I started looking last summer.
Have a great evening!ππΊππ
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That mushroom is SO gross ! It does look like a brain ! Or the βinsidesβ of a body ! βοΈβοΈπ€ however the spider is cute ! Not that I would ever like to see it in my house ! βοΈβοΈπΏπΏππ
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I thought that mushroom was fabulous! It has a rubbery spongy type feel to it.
Have a nice evening!ππΊππ
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