It was a clear and pleasant night.... The canal was beautiful, the breeze delightful. No hint of the catastrophe on the horizon.....
It's another long story, but let's just say never try to exit a paddle boat unless it is securely anchored to its docking station (or whatever they call that place where they tie them up for the night). Let's just say that my camera, attached to my wrist, went for an unexpected swim in the canal. I can attest to the fact that the canal is MUCH dirtier, slimier, and disgusting than it looks.
After a week spent in rice, I was brave enough to turn on my camera. The good news....it worked....the bad news...permanent smudge dead center. Sad, sad, sad.......
So, please excuse and take pity on me for the poor quality of pictures. After just replacing my laptop, I can't afford to replace my camera (do you hear the little violin playing?)
I did want to show off our mushrooms. We grow them on purpose, did you know that? (hee, hee, hee)
I didn't know you could have this large of variety all within a few feet of one another....
We are soo, soo lucky!
Little gnome houses....
Too bad none are edible....we might have struck it rich....
They look much better in person..... poor camera......
Just look at them all!
I really should research this a bit more.... I wonder if the cats ate them, if they would get sick?
Here kitty, kitty, kitty!
Just kidding...
Maybe...
ON a different note, you just never know what the cats might bring you...... and leave under your bed...... with half of a wing eaten....... squeaky and squacking........
They (the cats) are on my last nerve....
Do they KNOW how many mosquitoes these things eat each night? Do they have a CLUE?
I didn't even know we had bats close by....
Till all the commotion and the rescue. Just to prove that the bat was really, truly in our house, here is a horrible picture (poor camera) of Prince Charming coming to the rescue.
No, we did not keep it.
Good luck, little bat! Happy eating!
