Pert as Pixies

Mushrooms on mulch

Brown ones, tan ones, white, gray, orange … mushrooms sprouted all over the landscape after early August rains. Some were seen playing “king of the mountain” on a neighbor’s mulch pile. 

One particular mushroom displayed exuberance at simply being alive by breaking into a dance, although a fairly static one. 

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Mushroom displaying gills

GILL’S NIGHT OUT

mushroom
lifts her
can-can skirt:
evening
entertainment

Jaunts and Haunts

This August, walking was pleasant at almost any time of day. Near one of my routes and tucked away beneath overhanging tree branches is an abandoned cul de sac that affords some wonderful shade and privacy. (Truth be told, it is not abandoned at all; the privacy is shared.)

Abandoned cul de sac

WOODLAND WAYSIDE

Blocked entrance to street

I went today
where dead children play
and grownups seldom venture.

There,
trees decay, vines ascend,
shadows shift and blend,
and a forsaken roadbed crumbles.

Still,
it’s quite a pleasant place
where wild weeds jumble …
and where bees, birds, light,
dark, bugs, toads, mice,
and other beloveds
of nature and children interplay.

Stairs at sidewalk

The street curves and is about half a block long, including the turnaround. A stairway leads from the sidewalk to nowhere in particular, but a mimosa tree on the higher ground indicates that a house was once nearby—inhabited of course, as the place still seems to be.  ~ ♥Jo

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