It was so humid one day this summer that my camera fogged all over. It was a little scary, as I thought I had scuffed my lens or something at first, but it made for some pretty cool pictures:
Monthly Archives: September 2015
The Mushroom Feast Behind-The-Scenes
We started school today! September is here, and the School Year’s begun–it just feels like fall. I’m seriously ready for flame-colored leaves, crisp Autumn mornings, and pumpkin English Muffins. Just all of sudden I’m ready to let summer go. It’s my first year of high-school, and I’m planning on making it a good one!
Anyway, behind the scenes. . .
The Mushroom Feast #13
Can you believe we’re done??? Enjoy!
Amelia knelt next to the clay washtub, holding her hypha under the water as she rubbed the grime off of it. All of the fairy-women in the colony were sitting outside her little house, scrubbing the last few mycelium that the men had brought. Most of the ferns had been torn up in the eager hunt for mycelium. Amelia had loved roaming through the forest of waving fronds, but she couldn’t feel regret at the moment. She was too happy that there was food—and too overwhelmed that she was regarded as a hero. If everyone had known that she had almost kept her find a secret. . . she felt like they were giving her too much credit, but she couldn’t quite find the words to tell anyone.
Finally satisfied with her cleaning, Amelia tossed the hypha into the basket woven out of tulip leaves that sat beside her. The last of the mycelium was thrown into another basket beside her, as the men—including King Titus and Ryan—scrambled out of the ditch they had dug. A cheer went up as Queen Elva, who had been directing the women, shouted, “Done!”