I'm "Lichen" a Perfect Heart -Guest Heart Thursday

What an amazing set of fungi.  When I was a kid, we called them conches.  Our cousins called them conks.  There are many kinds of these terraced, ruffed fungi.  This type, to me, seem to be a bevy of faery condos.  I was amazed to find a perfect heart in the midst of all these flounced fungi.

Here it is--can you find it in the larger picture?

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Heart Shroom on Log -Guest Heart Thursday

Last weekend we were performing in Oregon's mighty Columbia Gorge.  My young friend and I were leaping across rocks and climbing old logs.  I would have completely missed this plump heart shroom if it were not the sharp eyes of my youthful companion.  There's nothing sharper than the eyes of a boy who loves nature.  I felt honored that this young man would take time to hang out with an old lady like me.

What a lovely beautiful day.  Happy Guest Heart Thursday!

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.

Plump Shroom Heart -Guest Heart Thursday

Sissy and I found this oddly shaped mushroom heart on our walk though the forests of our childhood.   When we were small, I just assumed everyone had an entire forest, canyon and creek to play in.  Now I realize our childhood world was rare and beautiful.  Those woods are still there for now.  I am grateful they are.  It is a privilege to remember the beauty through my childhood eyes and see that rare loveliness as an adult.

For more heart art, photography and altogether fabulous heart stuff from around the world, visit Clytie at Random Hearts for Guest Heart Thursday.