Some mushrooms on a recent single short hike in Maine. These last ones are Black Trumpet Mushrooms. My wife's uncle picked quite a few of them, and I made a Shrimp/mushroom risotto using them. Sorry if I went a little overboard today.

linda_in_iowa mentioned in her message about her recent trip to Costa Rica that some of her group went to a Sloth Sanctuary. I don't know if it was the same one, but I went to a Sloth Sanctuary several years ago. The Entrance: A model of a prehistoric giant ground sloth One of the Sloths they are caring for Baby Sloths in the Nursery squabbling (slowly) over a leaf They also offer a guided boat ride on canals behind their facility Where our sharp-eyed guide pointed out many animals and plants including a green basilisk lizard: bright blue crabs a sloth and an egret as well as bats, a caimen, howler monkeys, a brown basilisk lizard, and various other birds, and trees and plants and because today's theme seems to be flowers, I'll end with a flower.

This morning my wife brought her young horse to the kennels so the horse could meet the hounds. The huntsman and several other members brought the hounds a mile or so down the road to a pond for a swim, and then back to the kennels. It was also the first time out for some of the younger hounds. My wife's young horse.

What a wonderful array of photos today! I think I "liked" them all--or simply got too distracted to remember to click it. :-) Had to really look for the spider, And gazania's perfectly titled "higher aspirations" made me smile. Bob's underwater shots were as if I was seeing them in person. Everyone going out on adventures. Or walking on a slant (one of my legs is longer than the other, but not by that much!). Thanks for sharing them this morning.