Hemlock Lacquered Polypore- Macro Monday/Ruby Tuesday

I was fascinated by the wide variety of fungi present in the forest up at the cottage.  This is my favourite species.

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The Hemlock Lacquered Polypore

(Ganoderma tsuage)

The fruiting body which can be up to 30cm (11inches) in diameter, develop in a single season. They begin growth in June as soft white and orange knobs, soon fan out, and both the stalk and upper surface become heavily lacquered in shades of red and burgundy.

These fungi belong to the Polypore species, often known as, shelf or bracket fugi. Although not all species form shelf-shaped bodies, the commonality exists in the fact they have tough or woody fruiting bodies, that produce spores in tubes or pores found on the underside.

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Cottage Sunset Series #4

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On our recent vacation at the lake, I sat on the elevated deck of the cottage and watched the sun set every evening. The beauty of the sky held me in awe from the beginning of the sunset until dark.

I watched and photographed from the same vantage point each night. It was never boring!

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I Love Pizza - Guest Heart Thursday

I usually hand toss my pizza dough, but this batch was a bit stiff.

I had to roll it out before tossing, and when I saw it. I knew it would be great for

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A Touch Of Autumn

The Ausable River, Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

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The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,

The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water.

What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky?
~Hilda Conkling 

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Gnome Home

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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

This species may be recognized from illustrations in children's books, as the classical fairy or gnome mushroom or toadstool, (more often in red). It may be the source of the folk term "toadstool" as it was once thought that handling toads would give you warts, and if a toad sat on a mushroom, it would develop warts as well...hence toadstool.

The Fly Agaric is poisonus, but will not cause death in humans. The poison was once used to kill house flies.

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The Deck Reflects - Weekend Reflections

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The upper deck at the cottage is a great spot to sit and look out onto the lake. And as you can see in the reflections, a great spot for our small dog to catch 40 winks!

Yep, cleaning the deck glass paid off!

Looking up from the beach. A beautiful day in late September.

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Forest Floor - The Weekend In Black and White

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Find inspiration in small brilliant bursts right at your feet.

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A Whatchamacallit- Sky Watch Friday

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 This first one is my entry for the Favorite Photo Of The Week Contest.

A paraplane...

is the safest aircraft that you can fly, even if the engine fails you have a parachute already deployed, and the best part is that your not enclosed inside a cabin.

I took this shot before he flew off into the sunset in the first photo.

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Summer In Autumn

A post for NF WATERS/ OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY/WATERY WEDNESDAY

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My granddaughter at the lake (Lake Huron, Ontario), on Thanksgiving (Oct 10), with the temperature of 80F, (and today it's 46F), only in Canada ;)

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Doll's Eyes

For Macro Monday/Ruby Tuesday

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Beneath the early autumn canopy of turning trees, the doll's eye plant stands out on the forest floor, with striking white berries, each centred with a black dot, on a thick, deep red stalk. Named for the resemblance to the eyes of old fashioned porcelin dolls, this plant is pure poison. Also known as baneberry, all parts of this plant can cause ill effects in humans if ingested. This is one plant that does not follow the old folk adage that any berries eaten by birds are okay for humans. Ruffled grouse, robins, wood thrushes and other songbirds eat these berries with no consequences.

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Testing - Weekend Reflections



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 Testing a telephoto lens from the camera shop doorway a block away.
I bought it.

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Wonderment - Sky Watch Friday/Scenic Sunday

Lake Huron, Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

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viewed in wonderment

this day drawing to a close

my soul replenished

~Karen

My entry for the Favorite Photo Of The Week Contest.

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Twilight At The Lake

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Heavenly shades of night are falling
It's twilight time

~The Platters

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M is for Morkie - ABC Wednesday

A Morkie is a cross of a Maltese and a Yorkshire Terrier.

Years ago this type of dog would have been called a MUTT, but in this day and age,

they are considered designer dogs, bred on purpose, and cost a fortune to buy.

This is my Morkie Mutt, Merfy

Snuggle time on the new blanket.

And to me, he's priceless!

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Back Bay- Weekend Reflections/Scenic Sunday

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There is something of the marvelous in all things of nature. 

~Aristotle

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Beauty- Sky Watch Friday

The Pinery Provincial Park, Lake Huron, Ontario

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Stone Hearted - Guest Heart Thursday

 “Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever.”

~Unknown

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Haliburton High - Outdoor/Watery Wednesday

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.  It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. 
~Henry David Thoreau

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Happy Ribbit

Cute enough to kiss! Maybe it is a prince!

Prince Froggy was in the top 5 winners @  FAVORITE PHOTO OF THE WEEK  contest.

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