An Wonderful Inconvenience
It’s about a mile and half to our voting station. Since it was a beautiful late afternoon we decided we’d walk down. We took Lucy with us and she was very tired and slow on the way home, most likely a combination of her age and her injury. We were walking slowly up the big hill, bemoaning how slow she was now and how we’ll have to only take her on shorter walks, when all of a sudden Mr Chiots spotted a morel, a nice big one. I jumped over the ditch and grabbed it, then noticed a few more. We picked the ones we saw then headed home with plans of heading out a little later.
We headed out again in the evening and found another half pound of nice amber and white/gray morels. We got back too late to get photos of the amber ones, I’ll definitely try to get some today to put up on Flickr (here they are). While we were hunting for mushrooms, we talked about how earlier we had been complaining about Lucy being so slow. But it was her slowness that allowed us to spot the morel. Sometimes things that seem like an inconvenience can be of great reward!
Have you ever had something that was an annoying inconvenience turn into something wonderful?
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Oh how wonderful! Make sure to spread the spores so you get more next year :)
to Julia's comment
Great metaphor for slowing down in life so we don’t speed past the good stuff!
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I understand the annoyance with the slow dog. Try to savor your moments with this friend.
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I was lucky enough to win one of you beautiful calendars. Can you tell me more about the May image?
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It was taken at Stan Hywet Hall ( http://www.stanhywet.org/dynamic/default.aspx ). It was the mansion of the found of Goodyear. It’s a lovely place, you can tour the gardens and the mansion. Last year I got my mom a membership for her birthday and we went a few times to look at the blooms. Here’s my Flickr Pool of all the imaged from this trip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiotsrun/sets/72157619308121417/
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I know, it’s kind of sad, just a few years ago we couldn’t even keep up with her. We feel bad because she always wants to go, but then can only make it so far. We make sure she gets a short walk almost every day, and she gets to get out and run in the gardens almost every day as well. She’ll be missed when she’s gone.
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WOW! Tis the season I guess. I actually found a couple in my front yard… they never would have come up if I hadn’t ripped out all the grass to plant veggies this year. (as if I needed ANOTHER reason to rip out the yard!) I guess this is the ONE upside of dutch elm disease in Minneapolis. Good luck with the next hunt!
to will's comment
Wow, I will eat that inconvenience anytime LOL! They are like gold around here.
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Morels, what a wonderful find. I’ve been hunting this year but haven’t find any yet. Maybe after todays rain.
A few days ago, I went to the wrong village for my daughters track meet. As I was driving down a backroad to get to the right school, I spotted a cliff with loads of wild columbine. I am a wildflower photographer and have spent years looking for this plant growing in the wild. you can read about it at http://misskimmie-thebarefootgardener.blogspot.com/2010/05/spotlight-wild-columbine.html
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