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Steve And Muffin’s Weekly Art In Nature. #10
Hi everyone! Welcome back to our weekly Art In Nature series! It’s been a wet couple of days here and that always makes me think of mushrooms. It seems they really like to pop out when it’s wet and a bit cooler, except for some species which like it wet and warm. They all seem to like it on the wet side and on the shady side. At least up here they do anyway, maybe it’s different in other places.
And I do enjoy photographing them from underneath, which you can see from today’s selection once again. It is tricky though and impossible with some of the smaller mushrooms or ones with short stems. And I don’t like to pick them, like wildflowers I prefer to leave them for others to see. I have noticed that some people like to kick them or stomp on them, but so many of them are quite beautiful and they are a wonderful part of a healthy forest by helping to break down plant “clutter” on the forest floor to make it usable for plants and trees.
Some mushrooms are toxic and can be deadly so it’s best not to eat wild mushrooms unless you are absolutely sure they are safe to eat. Some highly toxic mushrooms are nearly identical to mushrooms that are safe to eat. With those it’s best to ignore them altogether. But mushrooms are fantastic to photograph. Have a great day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Steve`s Country 
Both beautiful pictures!Love the sun shining through them!😁
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Yep, I like when I was able to get the sun just right. Not easy when they are usually in shady spots. Thanks so much!😁📷🍄🍄
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Great pictures… good idea getting the sun behind them though. I don’t think I would have thought of that 🤔
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It was kind of by accident. One time I was taking a picture of the stem, helps to ID them easier, and the sun happened to be hitting it and it glowed so nicely. After that I looked for the opportunity.
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It turned out great no matter how you got there.😁
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Thanks. Wish I could have been down at the river this year, probably was a lot of them this year with all the rain we had this fall. Wasn’t much last year, too dry.
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They should be there next year. Maybe by then you’ll be able to get down there and the bears will be back in the woods where they belong!
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The bears are always here, they don’t go anywhere far. They’ve been around every summer, I always saw signs of them, but other summers there was lots of berries.
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Well, maybe the berries will be better next year?
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That would be nice.
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I agree!!
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Thank you!!🥳🥳🥳🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️🧨🧨🧨💥💥💥🍟🍟🍟
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I doubt it!!😣
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Too late, you already agreed.😛😛
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Rats!, Gnats and grumpy old bats!😖
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You’re not grumpy.😁
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Thanks for noticing!😁😊
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You’re welcome.😁
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I knew that! 😁😂😂
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Thank you!
Sure hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow, the forecast is calling for rain, but it can’t rain or I can’t do my window since I need dry weather not rain which it’s supposed to be, rain that is, but it can’t rain and I need to do that window tomorrow because it’s the only day left and that’s right.🤯🤯
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Put a bucket on your head! You’ll stay dry enough to finish the job..😉😂
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Good idea.🎩 But where will I find a bucket big enough to cover the window?🤔
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Beautiful Nature and pictures !Happy week-end dear Steve and Muffin 🙂
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Thank you so very much Francefougere! I hope you also have a wonderful weekend!😃😺🌞
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Lovely shots of the mushrooms ! 🍄🤔😻🙂📷
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Thanks so much Sharon!😃😻🌞📷🍄🍄
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Wow. Do you get down on your belly for these shots? they are cool
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Yes, I sure do and sometimes even lower! Then I tilt my head and get the camera under it as best I can and click! Getting back up is the hard part and can take a while. Worst thing is the looks I get from people that walk past.😳😂😹 I told one lady what I was doing and her eyes got real big and she ran away!🤣🤣😹😹 Can’t figure why?🤔🙄
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We wierdos always face that kind of disrrimination 🤣😂🤣 We must press on
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As long as they don’t call those nice people with the white coats again.🤣🤣😹😹
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Those guys are fun 🤣😂🤣
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Yep, they’ll believe most anything.😁😂😂
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