Morning all. Didn't realise just how many hallucinogenic mushrooms there are . That fairy looks a bit chilly
Just been checking cobaea bud - it hasn't grown at all so don't expect a flower now .
We have a little bit of sun now after a dismal start but after watching news , don't think I'll ever complain about our weather again. Those poor people.
Morning everyone. Pam, I'm still confused too. So nothing new there then!
Sun is out here, no builders, I'm glad to say, though occasional peculiar noises from next door.
Georg, I went hunting for those hallucinogenic mushrooms yesterday, in a place where I know they always appear, but there wasn't one. I concluded that it must be the wrong time of year for them but clearly not if you've found them.
Lovely day here and going for a walk in the woods later with my daughter and grand-children. In the middle of making a big pan of soup from turkey legs for when we get home.
Poor Americans, it's going to take a lot of clearing up.
We weren't affected too much by Michael Fish's big storm but was chaos a few years later here in Cornwall. We didn't have electricty for 6 days as there are only two houses down our lane so we weren't a priority. A tree branch had fallen on the power lines to our houses. We eventually had a team from Ireland mending our line as so many lines were down the local work force couldn't cope. In a way it wasn't too bad although we did go round to a friends in the evening who had a rayburn. we later got a second hand oil-fired one ourselves. Very expensive to run and have not turned it on yet but at least if the electricty fails I'd be able to cook and keep warm.
Flo, what were you going to do with those mushrooms?
I think I read somewhere that the Shamen in Lapland used to eat those mushrooms and that's when they saw reindeer flying. The ordinary people weren't allowed to eat the magic mushrooms so they'd look for the yellow snow where the shaman had been so they could go on a trip too.
Pam - and here's me complaining about our 36 hr powercut. That must have been terrible for you.
Flo , I've never seen any . I found white ones and saw something once which was called a fly agaric (excuse spelling if its wrong) but there doesn't seem many about in our local woods.
Hope the builders don't stay long , Kate.
Have fun Geoff
I'm off to supermarket to get flu jab soon. Who would ever thought that would be possible years ago
A lot of mushrooms are psychoactive, in different ways. The red and white one is the best known, but the little cone-like brown one (yesterday's snap) is related to another psychoactive mushroom, used by shamens in central America. Both of those are fruiting now.
And many are lethal too.
It's surprising how little we know about all the chemicals in fungi, and indeed about all of the natural chemicals in all of the vegetables and fruits we eat, and their roots and leaves, and their various effects, for good or ill.
Morning lovelies from the holding area G of the ICC birmingham! Lots of talent rehearsing around me. Wish some of it was good :-S we have a long wait! No way of uploading a pic from my iPhone.
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Mushroom of the Day.
Found this mushroom yesterday aftenoon, a red cap with white blotches, is the distinctive and hallucinogenic Amanita muscaria....
Glorious sunshine outside at the moment.
Morning all. Didn't realise just how many hallucinogenic mushrooms there are . That fairy looks a bit chilly
Just been checking cobaea bud - it hasn't grown at all so don't expect a flower now .
We have a little bit of sun now after a dismal start but after watching news , don't think I'll ever complain about our weather again. Those poor people.
Wonder when we'll get the backlash ?
The backlash will arrive in around10 days
Off to knock a white ball about a bit and occasionally into a small hole-looks like a nice morning for it
Pam it must be lovely to see so much of your grandchildren.
Jean it has been a tough year for the cobaea
imagine how sad the plant feels.
The sun is out here but so are the builders
Why are people still walking on the streets in NY?
Morning everyone. Pam, I'm still confused too. So nothing new there then!
Sun is out here, no builders, I'm glad to say, though occasional peculiar noises from next door.
Georg, I went hunting for those hallucinogenic mushrooms yesterday, in a place where I know they always appear, but there wasn't one. I concluded that it must be the wrong time of year for them but clearly not if you've found them.
Good morning Ghosties and ghoolies,
Lovely day here and going for a walk in the woods later with my daughter and grand-children. In the middle of making a big pan of soup from turkey legs for when we get home.
Poor Americans, it's going to take a lot of clearing up.
We weren't affected too much by Michael Fish's big storm but was chaos a few years later here in Cornwall. We didn't have electricty for 6 days as there are only two houses down our lane so we weren't a priority. A tree branch had fallen on the power lines to our houses. We eventually had a team from Ireland mending our line as so many lines were down the local work force couldn't cope. In a way it wasn't too bad although we did go round to a friends in the evening who had a rayburn. we later got a second hand oil-fired one ourselves. Very expensive to run and have not turned it on yet but at least if the electricty fails I'd be able to cook and keep warm.
Flo, what were you going to do with those mushrooms?
I think I read somewhere that the Shamen in Lapland used to eat those mushrooms and that's when they saw reindeer flying. The ordinary people weren't allowed to eat the magic mushrooms so they'd look for the yellow snow where the shaman had been so they could go on a trip too.
Pam - and here's me complaining about our 36 hr powercut.
That must have been terrible for you.
Flo , I've never seen any . I found white ones and saw something once which was called a fly agaric (excuse spelling if its wrong) but there doesn't seem many about in our local woods.
Hope the builders don't stay long , Kate.
Have fun Geoff
I'm off to supermarket to get flu jab soon. Who would ever thought that would be possible years ago
A lot of mushrooms are psychoactive, in different ways. The red and white one is the best known, but the little cone-like brown one (yesterday's snap) is related to another psychoactive mushroom, used by shamens in central America. Both of those are fruiting now.
And many are lethal too.
It's surprising how little we know about all the chemicals in fungi, and indeed about all of the natural chemicals in all of the vegetables and fruits we eat, and their roots and leaves, and their various effects, for good or ill.