Dumpster diving Sea Gulls enjoy an …All you can eat buffet.

I’m pretty sure this is NOT the image the restaurant wants associated with it’s name.

Some regular patrons enjoying the outdoor dining facilities.

Tastes like chicken

…goes down like fish.

I think I swallowed a bone.

I brought those images home from Long Island. After 11 days of take out food I was glad to get home. I’m looking forward to finally being able to get back to the woods and forget that asphalt jungle.

Seems like winter beat me back. The yard looks good with snow hiding all the leaves I haven’t managed to rake up yet. …but the 12 cords of wood I stacked in the basement before I left even looks better right now.

…is the common name I believe some gardeners would like for this tiny mushroom. Why else would I use the name as the title? The other common names just don’t seem so interesting although one does leave me wondering.

Bisporella citrina

Yellow Fairy Cups can be found throughout North America and are generally seen growing on rotting logs. All you have to do is look close if you see a yellow ’stain’ on dead wood.

Lemon Disc seems more suited to these mushrooms. That’s pretty much what I see
(when magnified).

Lemon Drops is a good name too. The early growth is sphere shaped before they flatten out. I only wish they were much larger. I wouldn’t be lying if I offered you a Lemon Drop, now would I?

I saw Lemon Disco on a few mycology websites and that left me wondering. It could be the name of some Fairy hangout where they go to dance. But if I ever hear Disco in the woods some fairies are going to get stomped on.

Hey I know the jokes are real

They thought they’d sneak into the garden today but I managed to scare them away with some bad puns. They reminded me I shouldn’t complain about the deer. Deer are nothing compared to what turkeys will do to a garden. Deer only over prune, turkeys leave behind a WW1 landscape.

And now for a happy face

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I think.
Kind of hard to tell with Scottish Highland cattle. I’ll assume this heifer is at least contented.

A strange looking bird stopped by to use the glorified bird bath I made on Long Island. I identified it as a Cardinal as it flew in but after looking at the photos I had to second guess myself and double check.

Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis

Seems it’s molting time and this handsome guy went bald. His head is black because his skin is black and Cardinals usually lose all their head feathers at once. Another reason his head could look black is the head feathers as they gow in are black.

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Gone bald and without his crest he can still smile. I wonder if I could if i lost my ponytail.