Xploring Canada & Beyond

Thanks for the link. She's brilliant! I will have to make sure I see her the next time I visit Vancouver.

Those last two Pictures of mine look strange to me.
They look like the same picture.
But when I open them it is obviously 2 different Pictures.

There sure is a big tidal difference.
One time you can walk right out and touch her.

The Seagulls treat her like a toilet.

As do pigeons on inland statues. Even the most glorious and beautiful statues of the most famous and heroic people just provide birds with perches. It's humbling!

Can you see what this is ?

I'm going to guess: looking down on a frozen river from a cable car. Do I win a prize if I'm right?

No Cigar June.
It is looking down through the Glass floor of a Cable car at Whistler.
It is a double Ski run.
But as a thumb print (small Picture) it looks like a naked pole dancer. ^_^

LOL! Yes, I can see the dancer. Her pole is a bit bent, though.

Actually it's more like a walking stick than a pole.

Do you know what these Woven Baskets full of rocks might be ?

Absolutely no idea.

Still no Cigar for June. ^_^
You might need to travel to Cuba to get your Cigar.

Bird's nest fungi.
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/nidulariaceae.html

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That was well spotted altagardener.
Do you have them growing at Calgary ?

Yes, they're common. I always enjoy seeing them.

Every time I mulch My edible Ginger Garden,
I see them.
I wonder if they have anything to do with Rhizomes ?

No, they simply live off dead decaying vegetable matter and are harmless.

Thanks for that altagardener.
The day we stop learning is probably the day we expire.

I've certainly never seen the bird's nest fungus before. I wish I had them growing on my property, but I have to make do with things like dead man's fingers.

I don't get the dead mans fingers here.
But I do get the 'Stink Horn'. ^_^
These fungi can give you nightmares.

Yes, I'd run away from that one. Do you get the ones that look like ears? The woods are listening...

We don't get the ears.
But what a beautiful colour.

This is also in the Stink Horn family.

And yes, they really do stink.
I guess that is what attracts the Flies to them.

What do you call a 'Fly' without wings ?

I don't know, so what do you call a fly without wings?

GROANING LOUDLY!

Glad you liked my joke.

Looks like this Stink Horn is wearing a petty coat.

This round grey lump is the source of the Stink Horn.

These are also Stink Horns just a different kind.
They were all in the same bed same day.

They are bizarre! I found the remains of a lacy-skirted fungus last fall, but it had been almost completely eaten by something, and there was not enough left to identify it. I have never seen anything like the red starfish, though. Great pics!

They do look like 'Star Fish' don't they ?

Is the purpose of the brown gooey stuff to attract flies to the fungus? And does it smell as bad as it looks?

Hey June,
If that was 'Hey Jude' it would sound like a 'Beetle' song.
Yes you are 100% correct.
That stuff comes out like a Volcano.
And it stinks to high heaven.

I guess that's what attracts the Blow Flies.

Ugh! Now it looks like a rotting starfish. I've suddenly lost my appetite!

This Plant Picture reminds me of a scene from 'Starwars'.
“The Meeting of the Senate”.
Yoda came into his own in this scene.
For a Guy with hardly any Legs.
He sure could jump about.

I think your Explorations have gone beyond the Earth now. What is this alien life-form? And on what planet did you find it?

It is a Plant with My Namesake.

Every day the flowers drop off and new ones appear in the next bowl.

Close up of a brand new flower just starting off.

This is the full Plant as You would see it in My Garden.

Very other-worldly! What pollinates it?