We had rain over the past 2 days. No one knew how to act. People were absolutely giddy about having wet shoes and bad hair. Nobody remembered how to drive and accidents were abundant. People went to the store and bought bread, eggs, and milk. Total chaos.
That's all fine and good, but then the aliens landed in my front yard. In addition to the normal mushrooms that we all know and love:
This thing started growing. I call it the orange octopus.
The picture really doesn't do it justice. It's got this green, slimy goo on the inside and it seems to pulsate and shimmer. I've never seen anything like it. I'm hoping it doesn't come loose and crawl into the house. On the bright side, maybe it will cut loose and eat all the dog poo in the front yard. That would be handy. Scott says that if an eyeball opens up in the middle of this thing he's going to set it on fire. But I think he might just make it angry.And the orange octopus brought buddies.
I am informed by my friend Katey that this is a tree brain fungus. I think it looks like radioactive mutant marshmallow. It too seems to pulsate and glow, but with an ominous hum. I'm told it changes and grows into crazy shapes. Can you say blog fodder? Stay tuned. If it gets interesting, you'll be the first to know.
There have been other strange happenings of the mammalian/avian kind as well. In the past 2 months and on different occasions, I have opened my front door to find 3 deer, an eight-point buck, and a gaggle of no fewer than 20 turkeys. I forgot those things can fly. They all looked at me, like, WTF? and took off over the fence across the street. And no, I didn't get a picture of the deer and buck. It was dark and those things move much faster than turkeys. And to top it all off, the frog is back on my back porch.
Sign of the coming apocalypse? You be the judge. "And the seventh angel spilled forth his bowl, and lo, it was full of turkeys."
