Pictures for Pam, Day 147: Translucent Mushroom with Droplets & Bokeh

(+2 insets!)

Along with spring finally arriving comes the crazy weather we get at this time. During the course of a single day, almost every weather condition can be described. For example, right now it's sunny but there's a cloud in the way to make it a bit dim. Earlier it was so windy the house shook and rain pummeled the windows. Still, it's very beautiful outside and my walk was wonderful. The violent wind made really cool ripples on the surface of our pond, but I noticed when I went back up the hill that the water was still! Crazy I tell you, crazy!

Yesterday I mentioned that mushrooms had popped up all over our meadow and down the sides of our road. I got a bunch of pictures and promised to share a few when I was able. Well, how about today?! The main picture shows a mushroom that was next to our road near our gate and when I spotted several of these stunning, translucent beauties I made sure that I walked down to take pictures of them first because I knew they would be very special.

Another thing about this type of mushroom is how fragile and temporary they are. Some mushrooms will last for days but these sprout early in the morning and by the afternoon they are tattered old relics or gone entirely. I learned this the hard way once when I spotted one and thought I'd wait until later to take pictures. After a few hours I came back with my camera but it had disintegrated into a sad heap. I was upset because it had been so lovely. Nothing like a unhappy outcome to teach one to act in a timely matter if the chance ever comes around again.

My insets include two more from yesterday but I'm going to share the others another time so they get the proper attention they deserve! Do you ever do that? I have many pictures that I think deserve "first billing" or the center stage. Others I think are nice but aren't the same caliber in my opinion and I am comfortable adding them as insets. I feel almost protective about special subjects that I really love and I won't post them unless they are a main image. That's why I'm saving some of my mushroom pictures. It was such a lucky day and several turned out so well that I don't want to show them all at once! They deserve the center stage!

Pam, it's another mushroom day so I've gone hunting on your stream for a likely candidate to gush over. *time passes*...Welllll, I know there were some other mushrooms that I haven't called attention to but I couldn't find them. SO. I spun the roulette wheel and ended up with your incredible, tiny, candy-striped blossoms, aptly named Spring Beauties! How I love these flowers and their myriad and subtle color variations. They are one of a zillion examples which prove that even the tiniest flower can be as outrageously beautiful as blooms five times their size. You sure did a nice job photographing these, what a stunning bouquet from Mother Nature herself. *BIG HUGS*

Explored on 4/6/19, highest placement, #2.