Today was the first of a month, so I took a nice long lunchtime walk with the camera in hand. I took photos of 39 plants whose identity I knew, and a handful of plants I did not know. I logged the 39, and I will attempt to identify the others soon.
I stopped at Market Basket (grocery store) during the walk and picked up a box of instant oatmeal and a bag of peanut M&M’s. I sometimes eat two packs of instant oatmeal for lunch. It tastes pretty good, and it costs under 30 cents per meal. Then I ate half the M&M’s which doesn’t sound too bad until I reveal that it was a large bag – nine servings according to Mars. That’s 78% of my fat calories for the day.
Some of the 39 plants were photographed after I got home. I kicked the soccer ball around for Penny as I searched for blooms, and Beth walked with me for much of the time. I went out again after supper and repeated that exercise, only it was sprinkling that time. Oh well.
While I was walking the trail, I checked the stump where I found Beth’s slugs. When the house was being built, the boys and I camped on the property and we built a fire over that stump thinking that would take it out. Well, the stump is black, but it’s still very much with us. Over the past few days I’ve been watching that stump, as it’s a good place to find weird things (like slugs). It’s also covered with moss, liverworts, and some really cool slime mold. The first time I saw the slime mold it was a dull, creamy yellow.
Then it turned brown (those might be Beth’s pet slugs now – I caught them on this stump).
The next day (yesterday) a red patch appeared next to the brown stuff.
Today the red stuff was gone, and there’s some brilliant yellow slime mold in another spot.
I had no idea that stuff could change that quickly.
