Friday, October 08, 2021

Living things around me

Two dinosaurs live in a natural meadow in a garden near me. Seems like a natural place for them to hang out.

This creature made of screen wire and driftwood lives in a front yard
on a busy street.

I wonder what animal this is.


Our neighborhood is full of squirrels, which I usually think aren’t worth photographing.

A few days of rain has brought out mushrooms everywhere.

At first I thought these puff balls were large white stones.



Blog post © 2021 mae sander.


13 comments:

Tandy | Lavender and Lime (http://tandysinclair.com) said...

Do you forage for mushrooms?

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I love those dinosaurs in the meadow, but that creature of screen wire and driftwood looks (to me) like someone threw their trash in the neighbor's garden.

Cute creatures, even the squirrel. Those mushrooms are really different from ones I've seen, especially the last one.

Breathtaking said...

Hello,:=) Your neighbours have some strange looking creatures in their gardens, some look quite scary.:=) I prefer natural wild life images, like the cute squirrel, of which I take boundless photos. Yes, it's the time for Toadstools, great images of all the ones you saw. I also see many in my garden that seem to sprout up over night, and I see the squirrels eating them. Have a happy Weekend!:=)


Iris Flavia said...

Love the dinos - and the squirrel, "mine" say hi :-)
Is that a rat on the pumpkin?

eileeninmd said...

Hello Mae,
I like seeing the variety of fungi and mushrooms. The dinosaurs are cool critters. Is it a cat skeleton on the pumpkin? Our neighborhood is overrun with squirrels too. Great collection of photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

Dinosaurs...well that's a critter we don't see on very often! heehee! How cool is that!

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...

We've also had a furious eruption of mushrooms here. Perhaps this is mushroom season. I really don't know much about them. A project for the future, maybe.

Tina said...

I love taking a tour of your neighborhood surroundings.

Bill said...

Interesting thing on top of the pumpkin.

carol l mckenna said...

Wonderful nature shots ~ love the metal dinosaurs ~ Xo

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Debra Eliotseats said...

Such a variety of fungi (and fun yard art).

Jeanie said...

Love the pumpkin critter! And awesome fungi! I've never seen one quite like that.

NatureFootstep said...

that´s a cool bunch of critters you have nearby. Love them as well as the living one. Nice set of fungi. They come in all kind of shapes and colors :)