It's a cold, rainy Monday here in my neck of the woods. The pelting
rhythm on the skylights all afternoon has been working on me like a
lullaby. The most exciting thing that's happened all day, is finding this
quirky mushroom with two stems, in the pound I sliced up for dinner.
Pretty cool, huh? Heavens to murgatroyd! Maybe it's a good omen?
I'm thinking it is!
aahh, Contemplation on a mushroom? Now, that's how you know you are either paying way toooo much attention or have too much time on your hands; and I love it :)
ReplyDeleteOh Willow, This omen thing might be a stretch...too mmany mushrooms chopped, too much rain falling, maybe too much champagne yesterday? ha Lovely choice of music going way back and to date the strangest mushroom I've very seen. Happy Day!
ReplyDeleteWell, like you, the rain either patters or pelts the three skylights we have. And I would love to sleep under one of them but no chance of that. That kind of sound is music to my ears. I prefer a tin or metal roof and rain. Wow.
ReplyDeleteIt is cold here too. I sit around on my hands trying to keep warm.
And there I thought that Psilocybin mushrooms had been outlawed!*giggle*
ReplyDeleteAnd to think that I went with my family to the pictures today to watch 'Monsters vs Aliens'. Now, THAT looks like one of the aliens. Many thanks for such a fun post.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
PS: On second thoughts, it looks like a slug, doesn't it?
heavens to murgatroyd! have not heard that one in a while...lol. rain here as well. what are you going to do? might as well enjoy the music and the patter in teh background. happy monday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a curious mushroom indeed........!
ReplyDeleteCan I eat dinner at your house? Rainy and chilly here, too...I would love to have someone cook for me, even if dinner is funny looking mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteI once found a six leaf clover. I found it pressed the other day in my dictionary.
ReplyDeleteThat mutant mushroom is certainly unusual, but I was most fascinated by the Carpenters video posted on your blog today. I was never a fan - too busy listenting to rock and roll at the time. I've always thought of the Carpenters as too straight-laced and cutsy for my taste, but damn, that girl had a great voice. And isn't funny, I know all the words to that song.
ReplyDeleteAhhhhhhh, mushrooms and rain! The smell of new dug earth! A good book and The Carpenters!Sounds good to me! Have a great rest of the day !
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the Pillsbury Dough Boy fell over and couldn't get up.
ReplyDeleteSo much for my "The Zen of Mushrooms."
Maybe it's a magic mushroom!
ReplyDeleteSorry about your weather. Amazingly here in England it's been absolutely gorgeous, warm and sunny. For once we aren't moaning about the weather.
Anyway good excuse for listening to one of my favourite songs.
Kind of looks like a pig with bulging eyes. Very interesting, but the question is... if you ate it, did it taste any different?
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool post!!! Are you sure you're just chopping mushrooms for dinner? You're not eating the funny kind are you?
ReplyDeleteApril showers bring May flowers!
Lizzy :-)
Never seen such a creature-- & always happy to see the underused phrase "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"
ReplyDeleteComing of age (in some sense) in the 70s, the word "shrooms" will probably never really mean the kind you cook with, tho they're the only kind I've partaken of for many many years!
I like to take all the good omens I can get, so I christen this mushroom one, most definitely.
ReplyDeleteOkay, well Patty's comment about the Pillsbury Doughboy got me thinking and now I look at this and I'm seeing that funny rubber toy that you squeeze and it's eyes pop out. Either that or this is a mushroom that made this face when it's mother told them not to and now it's frozen this way which goes to prove mom's are always right.
ReplyDeleteHi Willow,
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter, somewhat belatedly. I hope you had a nice weekend. Is WT home or are you emoting via Karen Carpenter?
The weather here was cooperative. It was a really nice weekend for us. The occasional crocus and grape hyacinth but no mushrooms.
Oh my Willow, lets hope this isn't the result of genetic modification...laughing. Thank you for the wonderful Karen and the Paul Williams lyrics. I kissed her on the cheek once !
ReplyDeleteExits...stage left....!!!
He looks rather like one of those little stress relieving balls that you squeeze till the eyes pop out.
ReplyDeleteWhat's for dinner tonight??
I became distracted by the beautiful poem on the side panel,from one of my favorite author. But the mushroom is a good omen too.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
It looks like a character from one of those 'Mr Men' children's book series...did you have them? Mr Grumpy, Mr Sneezy...
ReplyDeleteI think this is Mr Rolly Polly (fallen over backwards)
Heavens to murgatroyd! I do love that expression...
ReplyDeleteNow that's what I call 'fun in the kitchen'! Very funny! What a find!
ReplyDeleteCatherine
Maybe you and WT should pull it's legs like a wishbone!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the video. I miss the Carpenters. How much music did we miss out on?
ReplyDeleteAnd the mushroom is certainly a good omen.
Love the 'shroom! But just wait till summer -- we usually get a few rude tomatoes that I can't wait to share!
ReplyDeleteWhat a find! I love it Willow.
ReplyDeleteToo funny--I think there must be a poem in there somewhere, don't you!? The rhythms of the rain on the skylight and the light on this mushroom, and its eccentric duality. I love it. Sounds like a good thing to me.
ReplyDeletethat is some magical shroom!
ReplyDeleteI hear tale it morel season!
Ooooh! Musssshroooms! And although it finally cleared up( round here, anyway ), still a wonderful Carpenters song to help one get through it( Monday blahs, that is ). Thanks Willow!
ReplyDeleteHe's cute, your googly-eyed little 'shroom! Can't you just hear him saying "ET phone home"?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a good omen! A double mushroom to be eaten with double the garlic! Yumm!
ReplyDeleteLOL Willow, well I never! I have never seen a two stalked shroom! Let's hope it is lucky, let us know if it is?
ReplyDeleteMmmm, didn't even have to click on the clip to know I was going to hear Rainy Days and Mondays. I love that mellow song. It's the perfect contemplative song. Perfect for a rainy day.
ReplyDeleteMushroom reminds me of a book here called, "Play With Your Food"... pics of food with faces, etc. Fun stuff. this little mushroom of yours looks like he could almost get up and walk on those two stubby legs.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a nice easy day. I loved The Carpenters, but saddened by what happened with Linda.
ReplyDeleteThat mushroom was amazing. Yes! A good omen.
A quirky shroom
ReplyDeleteIn a darkened room
Sprouted two feet
His friends to meet
But Willow sought him
Caught and bought him
Admired his good looks
Added garlic and cooks!
The two-stemmed mushroom kinda looks the Pillsbury Doughboy toppled on his back with his two fat, little legs sticking out. Holds the same fascination as the two-headed calf.
ReplyDeleteAmazing shroom indeed, and most blogworthy! I love that saying "Heavens to Murgatroyd"!
ReplyDeleteHello Willow,
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has chopped mushrooms by the kilo for breakfast in our guest house days, I've come across these "lucky" ones times many! Never took a photo though - too many hungry folks!
Enjoyed the trip down memory lane with The Carpenters!
it looks like an upside down teletubby!!
ReplyDeletethanks for your beautiful blog. i visit here everyday for breathing space from the "news". i banked your "hummingbird" cake recipe. it's going to be the first cake i've ever made from scratch!
steven
I love mushrooms! It's a rainy Tuesday where I live and thanks to the rain the flowers look might happy!
ReplyDeleteAren't these two mushrooms 'melted' into one? Well, it's amazing, anyway! :-)
ReplyDeleteI guess if a mushroom has two stems it's "well grounded".
ReplyDeleteIt is the strangest mushroom I've ever seen -- perhaps it is a mutant?
ReplyDeletehmm, when i clicked on the video it said it had been removed due to terms of use violation. ?? i just bought mushrooms to make mushrooms on toast.
ReplyDeleteSorry about that, Suki. It was working fine until now. I just replaced it with another one, so it's up and operational now!
ReplyDeleteReally cool.Hope it will bring you luck!Have a nice day :)
ReplyDeleteit does look like a teletubby from waist down :)
ReplyDeletesorry about your weather, i hope a little bit of our sun travels your way.
Since you can't be sure, why not decide it's a great portent?
ReplyDeleteOh the Carpenters. What a sad story - Karen Carpenter is who I'm talking about. Did you ever see the movie about her done with Barbie dolls? It seems funny when the movie starts but it's so compassionate and so well done that by the end I was completely engrossed.
Enjoy the rain. And creamed chicken? Yum. Sounds delicious.
The rains and damps are getting to me too...ha!
ReplyDeleteIs it Spring yet...
hello willow, i have only just come across your delicious blog today & am entranced, shall have to go make myself a cup of tea, pull up my chair & loose myself in your words for a wee while!
ReplyDeletewhen the picture came up on my blogroll, I thought it was a piece of coral - mushroom? - it must be a very good omen - oh, willow, that cake! - hummmming while eating and then a dance of joy!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a little round person who's been tumped over.
ReplyDeleteI hear double yolk eggs are good luck but double stem mushrooms ... I dont know ...
ReplyDeleteSuza, that was just TOO, TOO cute!!! :D
ReplyDeleteLove your blog. This video blew me away.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Two, two ...two 'shrooms in one!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo...such an interesting pose!
Delwyn, I have a tall stack of Mr. Men books....I always liked Mr. Uppity. Maybe Willow's mushroom could inspire a Mr. Schizo! (I don't think they did that one.)
Anon,thank you for that link. Wow, she can really sing! I wanted to post this video on my sidebar, but the embedding feature was disabled.
ReplyDeletewillow, this confirms that mushrooms have breasts!
ReplyDelete:)
Goodness with the eye hurting I am getting behind. I was just wondering if the mushroom was a set of idential twins that did not seperate. Maybe that happens in nature too.
ReplyDeleteAnyway just a thought. Very interesting picture, never seen it before.
God bless.