It hasn’t rained for nearly two days and I was looking forward to escaping the confines of my office and getting some fresh air. Anita called me to come outside and see something, and she was being very mysterious. I found her standing near my bonsai, pointing to the one on the end of the shelf.
I wondered what had caught her attention, for as far as I could tell, they were all there on the shelf, looking a bit scruffy to be fair for I haven’t been keeping them tidy due to the weather. None of them were missing or damaged, although I thought some of them were looking a bit like naughty children, revelling in my lack of attention.
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That’s when I noticed what Anita was pointing to, a very small mushroom was happily growing in the pot alongside my bonsai tree. This tree was a gift from the birds some six years ago. I found it trying to grow between the cracks of the path, liked the shape and colour of the leaves and decided to keep it. I transferred it into a pot, but never did find out what it was called. So, after all this time, how did a mushroom manage to grow in the same pot?
Further along the shelf I noticed that my English cherry had changed into its autumn colour, a glorious red. I grew this tree from a cherry stone about seven years ago. It has never flowered, but I hope it will one day.
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My eyes returned to the tiny mushroom, and I was reminded of our last unexpected visitor.
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I had no idea this could happen, but have seen others since, so quite ordinary really…
What a sweet surprise. Lovely pictures! ❤
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Love the pictures! 💓
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Thank you!
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My pleasure 🦋
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It is interesting how mushrooms grow in interesting places. They are parasites, I believe.
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I like to think they are enchanted!
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So special; I love these!
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Me too…
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How lovely. It looks just like it belongs there with the fairies 🙂
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It does, doesn’t it?
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Isn’t it sweet to stop and notice nature’s little surprises? (Rather than yank them out of brush the away). Lovely. 🙂
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It’s these little surprises that make my day!
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Mushrooms are unexpected gifts, aren’t they? I haven’t seen them growing out of a pine cone before. And the one in the bonsai pot looks like the perfect accessory.
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I had a friendly squirrel planting peanuts in my bonsai pots one year, the plants that grew were very pretty…
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I’ve never seen a peanut plant. That must have been interesting.
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It was very pretty. I’m thinking of growing some, just to see what happens…
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I remember seeing peanuts for planting in seed catalogues years ago. Never tried them, though. Apparently the nuts grow underground. It’s worth a try with hot summers sometimes now even in Britain (although maybe too much rain…?) 😀
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You need to get the nuts designed for the birds, they haven’t been roasted…
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That makes sense.
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