Translucence

Found this beautiful little disintegrating mushroom down in Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Park, on August 16th. I know it looks huge in my macro shot, but it was only small. There were several of them not far from the base of a tree. Love how the cap curls upwards and the sun can shine through the gills.

It feels so nice and relaxing just sitting here at my computer for a short while this afternoon. My newish neighbour's dog isn't barking at this very moment (perhaps it wore itself out, barking till 2:40 a.m. this morning!). I hadn't had a chance to "catch" my neighbour, to bring up the subject of his unhappy dog driving me nuts - but then this morning, he came out of his place just as I arrived home from a walk all morning in Fish Creek Park. Apparently, he has two little dogs in there, one doesn't bark at all and the other he has been trying different things to stop her barking. Said he might just start using a sedative rather than have to give the dog away. Anyway, we had quite a long chat, so hopefully he can quieten his dog (well, he'd better, LOL!). I didn't get to sleep till around 4:00a.m., then overslept by an hour and a quarter and arrived late to meet friends for our walk. Before that, I had waited for part of Tuesday afternoon at a Walk-in Clinic just to see a doctor to get a prescription refill, followed in the evening by a whole fleet of fire engines (fire trucks) blaring their horns down my street and coming to a stop right outside my place (several came into our large parking area). This always scares me to death - if one condo goes up in flames, probably the whole building will be lost. Couldn't see what was going on as it was dark - all I could see were all the flashing lights. Then yesterday evening, after a very stressful (for all of us) volunteer afternoon shift, I found myself stuck in a traffic jam (thanks to an accident) that went part way across the city, and it took an hour and a half to inch my way to a talk at the University - arrived very late for that. So, it feels wonderful to just sit and quietly type - before I have to go out and take my dead vacuum cleaner to a repair store, collect my prescription (which they were out of on Tuesday) and hopefully see to another couple of errands. LOL, for some strange reason, all my overseas Christmas letters (which should have been mailed by now) haven't even been started : )