30 questions and answers about me

I found this questionnaire somewhere online although I cant remember where now but I thought it might be fun to answer them. The photo above is me and the man with a new born Baby #3! She is having her own first baby early next year and I hope she has a calmer baby than she was! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and maybe even wading through this long epistle about nothing much at all.....Blogger seems to be giving me grief this morning and I cant figure out the new fonts and sizes gggrrrrr!!!!! 

30 questions and answers

1. Who are you named after? 

My fathers sister, my Aunt Eva. 

2. Last time you cried?

I've been a bit teary for a couple of weeks but I feel the urge for a good cry coming up any day now. Does wonders for the equilibrium, I feel.  

3. Do you like your handwriting?

Yes I do. And when I need a change I just re-learn a different style and use it for a while. I used to do a bit of calligraphy a long time ago so thats helped shape my handwriting.

4. What is your favourite meat?

I was vegetarian for 22 years, then 5 years eating occasional meat - but I'd have to say my fave is salami. I know, I know but I'm European...what more can I say? Now I'm vegan and quite happy not to eat meat at all. 

5. Longest relationship?

37 years. Gosh that sounds like I'm really old....but I was only 19 when we met!

6. Do you still have your tonsils?

No. Had them out when I was 7 and received a gorgeously soft baby doll when I got home. I still have her.

7. Would you bungee jump?

NO WAY. NEVER.

8. What is your favourite cereal?

I don't eat cereal. Maybe the closest would be chia pudding? Or porridge? 

9. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

I only own one pair of shoes with laces and I leave them laced up all the time, just loose enough to get them on and off, so no I don't untie. 

10. Do you think you’re strong?

Yes. Both physically and mentally.

11. Favourite ice cream?

Ssssh I rarely eat ice cream but if I do it used to be a Golden Gaytime. Now I eat a yummy vegan one but not often!

12. What is the first thing you notice about a person?

The radiance of their smile and the light in their eyes. Theres just something about a shining smile that makes my heart sing everytime.

13. Football or rugby?

No idea.

14. What colour trousers are you wearing?

Black tights - they are my standard winter attire along with a mid length skirt and several jumpers!

15. Last thing you ate?

Quinoa tabouli salad and lightly fried tofu...and for a sweet after dinner treat, a raw ginger biscuit ;)

16. What are you listening to?

Dj Drez on Spotify

17. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be ?

I'd be more of a loose and splashy paint and I'd be purple.

18. What is your favourite smell?

A warm summer evening breeze with scents of blossoms and sunshine and moist earth. I have a really keen sense of smell (which can be bad when the dog farts!) and so smells are very evocative for me very easily. 

19. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?

My son in law who needed help with a home they are buying. But I must mention here that if you asked me that on any day at all, it would probably be one of my children or their partners!! They ring me a lot for various things including just a chat ;) 

20. Hair colour?

Brown with a few old streaks of blonde and ginger and some random grey.

21. Eye colour?

Hazel although they are getting bluer as I'm getting older - is that a thing?? 

22. Favourite foods to eat?

Well, I have to be honest and say 'anything sweet' but since I'm trying not to eat sugary things in recent times, my next favourite food would be salads of all varieties. Cant beat the smell of a freshly chopped salad!

23. Scary movies or happy endings?

Only romantic comedy with happy endings. 

24. Last movie you watched?

Game Changers on Netflix. Might be classed as a documentary?

25. What colour shirt are you wearing?

Today it's a red one but really any nice bright colour will do - but only plain ones never stripes!

26. What is your favourite holiday?

The sort of holiday where we just drive and meander along in a small town and then drive some more and repeat. I've never been on a holiday to a tropical resort type place so I cant say, but I dont think I'd like to just be sitting around on a deck chair for days on end. I need to explore things! 

27. Beer or wine?

Neither. Beer is horrid and unless the wine is very sweet it's not worth drinking in exchange for the headache the next day. And yes even with just one glass! 

28. Night owl or morning person?

Gosh, I'm not sure! I do like the odd lie in but generally I prefer to be out of bed and dressed fairly early in the day. I'm good to go pretty much straight away! At night I feel the least likely to be disturbed (maybe a left over trait from raising all those kids ;) so I never want to go to bed. Although I'm always in bed by 10 at the latest.

29.  If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

I would love to live in an old castle/manor/cottage/barn somewhere in a tiny village in the UK. Size isn't important but the older the better and the more unusual the building the better too! It's a dream I've had for a long time and was working on making it a reality within the next five years.....until COVID hit. An old cottage in Italy would be another choice....but again I think maybe I will need to find one here in Australia. Mind you, we really don't have any truly old buildings!!! 

30. Favourite day of the week?

I think I'd have to say Sunday. Its the day when I really feel like it's ok to totally relax and just do whatsoever I please. Its the day Stuy has off and in fact most people have off so it has the feel of a relaxing type of day. A bit like Christmas really - the whole world (well, ok not the whole world but a large percentage) is in Xmas mode so somehow the collective conscious has a 'Christmassy feel' to it. Celebrating Xmas in July just isn't the same even if I put up a tree and make a xmas dinner!! 

august scavenger hunt

 I had such high hopes of finding and photographing all the different prompts this month however once again Im searching through my files instead. Thats ok though because I'm having such a lot of fun finding long ago events and reminiscing about the past! So here goes with this months pics - I've slightly rearranged the order just so that I can put the prettiest photo right at the beginning!!

1. Starts with D: Daffodils!!! This beautiful display is seen as you drive into our little town - along both sides of the road in fact! The photo here was taken 2 years ago when the granddaughters were a little younger and shorter but the daffy display is just about in full bloom again and it must be time take another one! I've been hibernating at home a lot more in recent months (I suppose we all have really) but here in Tasmania we are able to be almost back to 'normal' so it's time for me to head out and about. To 'wander... lonely as a cloud...and see a crowd, a host of golden daffodils'. Or several crowds of them I hope!! 

2. Moving: This was the state of our lounge room last year when we were packing up to move into the bus and head off on our adventures. Looking at it now makes me a little home sick. We have a friend renting it from us at the moment but since we are not heading back into bus adventures for a while, I wonder if we might move back in? I'm still in love with the gold crushed velvet curtains and the mural I painted on the wall behind the wood heater. I'm still delighted with the rainbow coloured art trolley and the multi coloured hearth tiles. And I miss the many impromptu meals that were shared with beloved friends and family around our large dining table. 

3. Boxes: I've had to add two photos to get the full box plus guinea pig experience. My third daughter was gifted with two lovely guinea pigs when she was 5 years old and although she's now 22, she still has a love for these delightful rodents. The first two lived to a ripe old age due to being so pampered and loved up and when they left their earthly abode for greener pastures, my girl replaced them with a couple more. And so on and so on - although sometimes there were more than two! Miss E is a frugal one and likes to reuse stuff, hence the practical hay box. Or impractical as Bucket the very hungry guinea pig must have thought! Bucket was always one to climb up and into all manner of things and was always hungrier than the others, so of course she had to climb right into the box!! 

4. Breakfast: Once again I can't help but share a family tradition. This time an Easter one which sadly didn't happen this year in quite the same manner as usual. Or should I say not as many family members were able to be here. This is Easter breakfast, a meal we share every year after having spent an hour or so searching for baskets of eggs under bushes or beside woodpiles or any number of other spots a rabbit might hide eggs! I really love to feed them all up!! 

5. Making: Another view of the header that I have on this blog. We picked, dried and saved jarfuls of camomile flowers before we moved - most of which I still have because camomile tea is not my favourite. But I do enjoy making the most of the free harvest, as well as making tea for anyone with headache or sleeplessness. 

6. My own choice: Another arty one just because I saw it as I searched for the others and I like it!! There really hasn't been enough art in my life lately and I must remedy that as soon as I can!! 

So there we have it again! I'm late this month so hopefully I can still link up to I live, I love, I craft, I am me - now I'm going to spend an hour having a rest on the couch and a peek at every one else's scavenger hunt!!! 

yesterday I went for a walk....

 ....and took my camera along. Not that going for a walk is a novelty for me in recent times, its just that I actually took the camera rather than the binoculars! Maybe I need to back track a little and fill you in on the missing month of visibility in this little space. 

Life has been busy with family. And thats not unusual of course with so many offspring and all the trials and tribulations - and many joys - that go along with that. With one son coming home to spend 2 weeks in isolation with us and a son-in-law that needed me to spend time with him after major jaw surgery, I've found my time eaten up with 'needs'!! I was also working on my course and ebook which hasn't been going along all that smoothly - mainly due to my own fears and feelings of 'what do I know about this subject' - which resulted in too much stress and elevated blood pressure. 

So that brings me back to the topic of walking. In order to relax and destress, I've taken to walking and birdwatching - two or three times a day. I don jumpers and a wind proof jacket and head out either with binoculars and phone for identification or just as I am. I wander up the hill, through the paddock, past the stands of tall gums and beside the next door timber plantation. If it's dryish I make myself a bed of bracken fern and lay down in between tall grass tussocks to watch cloud formations and the gentle sway of the tall eucalypts. When the weather is changeable and there's intermittent showers, I pull up the hood of my jacket and simply walk.... inhaling lungfuls of cold, crisp air and revelling in the elements. 

Yesterday I swapped the usual binoculars for my camera thinking that I might document all the loveliness that I'm so fortunate to have access to for the time being. It's late winter which means theres been lots of rain so everywhere is mossy and moist and lush and simply beautiful!

When I leave the cottage and head to the left, theres a big grassy area and on the edges are a few wattles that have been profusely flowering for a week or two. The smell is heavenly and I always stop by to inhale deeply - and to spend a few minutes observing the small birds that flitter about amongst the blossoms.

Following along the edges of the forest means I can peek into the parts that really don't see any winter sun and are therefore very moist and mossy. There are a variety of fallen trees and branches all artfully arranged in lichen (that symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an algae), which causes such beautiful patterning on rotting wood and damp rocks. 

And mosses, oh so many mossy rocks and crevices! I try really hard to only walk between the mosses because I still, even in my adulthood, feel that maybe there are fairies making use of the soft tufts. That maybe the large spaces are used for fairy dances and the small, raised lumps for soft and cushioned seats. I know, I know....but moist and mossy places just seem like they're enchanted, don't you think?  

Onward and upward I go. Back out into the open to continue up the track to the lone tree at the top. I like this part because my very favourite place to be is right on top of hills or mountains. I feel most alive when I'm right up high and looking down on the world and this beautiful property has views in abundance! 

This aspect is looking to the north east which is back towards the town of Sheffield. We have had enough rain and some lengthening sunny days so the grass is greening up again after the winter die-off. I also get a good lungful of pungent cow manure from the farmers cows!

Along the rickety old fence I go and past the eucalyptus nitens plantation on the block next door. There are always bird calls of various kinds coming from in there and I intend to explore there soon. It's dark and gloomy but has a good feeling none the less and since the forest floor is quite bare, except for layers of fallen leaves, it will be quite easy to wander about in. 

At the other end of the hilltop, there is another view this time to the south. That distant brown patch is another plantation that was cut down a few months ago and is now being allowed to return to pasture. I love the checkerboard look of fields and trees in all their myriad greens. 

Swinging again to the right of the paddock, I come to a large patch of last years thistles, now dry and brown. Amongst the thistles and tussocks of tall grasses is where I've seen a small flock of Brown Quail.  I've tried several times to creep up on them but each time they surprise me first and burst from the ground cover in a mad flurry of wings, only to land in the dense grass further along....and certainly well out of my sight! 

Back into the bush I go and here too it's abundantly green. There's tall trees, small mossy hillocks and lichen crusted fallen giants. The patterns on the long dead wood is often so beautiful especially when its combined with the various lichen that slowly but surely covers them. 

Amongst the eucalypts are the slightly smaller Blackwood trees (acacia melanoxylon). They are related to the wattle tree I saw earlier in my walk, however they are far more useful to the timber industry. Same little puffball flowers only less of them and certainly not as golden yellow but amongst the other tree's they are still rather pretty. 

Since this side of the hill faces south as well, with no winter sunshine, there's a lot of moss here but also a type of plant called a liverwort. Ive always been fascinated by them...so much so that my youngest daughter and I did a project on them for our homeschool one year. They are simply amazing to look at - all fleshy and moist - and so interesting in their behaviour. I spent a while sitting and pondering the liverwort colony before heading out into the more open bush and sunlight. 

Almost back to the cottage again but first I had to snap a few pics of the fat green gum nuts. I've only subjected you to one photo but believe me I took some from all angles!!! These gums flowered in autumn and I suppose thats why the nuts are still green, although as the weather warms I'm sure they will dry out and brown and eventually drop off to be replaced with the beginnings of next years blossoms. Isn't nature amazing?

And that dear friends, was my walk with camera! As I said, usually its the binoculars that head out with me (and sometimes even Stuy!) but I wanted to share what Ive been up to while I've been absent. I am slowly de-stressing using a combination of walking, diet and mindfulness practices. I'm hoping to stop by and see what you have all been up to in recent times and to be inspired to get back into posting regularly. 

Till then, much love - Evi 

Here is a link to some lichen information I found.

And a link to some Blackwood specifications.

If you are interested, this link will take you to a wonderful site about liverworts. Click on the little cameras there and see them in all their magnified glory!!!

Edited to add that I've linked in with Peabea Scribbles and her Tuesday Link Up that I just happened to see after I'd clicked post!!! 

july scavenger hunt

Gosh, I'm actually on the ball with this post!! Right on time in fact considering all the goings on here!
June was a busy month and July has been the same and I'm really hoping for a calmer August - thats not too much to ask surely? Mind you, I tend to always find more things to add to my day and eventually there's too much on my to do list and I just let it all lapse and dont do any of it. Then I relax a bit until the cycle starts again! But thats ok, I'm aware of the busy/rest/busy/rest nature of my life now so it doesn't bother me overly anymore. 

This month I've had little chance to take photos. In fact, I hardly picked up my camera and only took a bare minimum on my phone. Therefore all the photos for the July Scavenger Hunt are ones from my Photo Bank - the vast collection on my laptop that should really be culled, collated and added to an external hard drive. Maybe next year ;) 

1. Something purple: This prompt is really no hardship since purple is one of my most favourite-ist colours and I have a plethora of purple tinged pics!! I picked this one to share since I'm pleased as punch with the recover I did of my sisters couch. Sister Mimi has grand plans for her new business venture which focuses on holistic funerals and end of life care and to that end she purchased an old church and hall. We spent 6 months having a most fabulous time decorating the hall with all manner of lush furniture and decadent designs! This second hand couch was a grey blue and definitely needed a make over so I made slip covers for all the various parts in a gorgeous purple stretch velvet.....oooh it was yummy! I'm quite pleased with the result - with the right cushions and a painting up on that turquoise wall, it looks stunning! 

 2. Shades of green: As I was scrolling through my pics I found lots of outdoorsy types of shots with many greens but none that really stood out. Then up popped this one that I'd painted during an online painting class I took. I was mixing a couple of greens with other colours to see what happened and it was a great way to learn that although I might only have two green paints in my set, there are actually a whole lot of other ones to be made! It's such a fascinating pastime and I love the simplicity of this activity - makes me feel like an alchemist creating potions!!

3. Starts with F: The most important F word for me - FAMILY! This pic was from two Christmas's ago (I think) and as usual there were extras as well, who just sort of slot in with all the rest! Six of the young ones are mine, plus the blonde granddaughter at this end. The rest are in-laws and some friends that spent a lot of time with us as they were growing up. And of course, there is the Best Man there on the right as well - I couldn't have done it without him ;)

You may be wondering why we are all wearing white? Yes, well.....many years ago when we moved a long way from my family, I decided that we needed some new traditions that denoted our newly emerging little family, and the white clothing was conceived. Every year we wore our best white frocks and shirts and since some of my children (and I) like Tradition, every year we continue to do so. The newly arriving potential sons and daughters in law have (wo)manfully accepted this peculiarity and so it continues to prevail. I do have to remind the offspring every year though because some have threatened to wear...shock....horror...colours!!! Here's a teeny bit on why we celebrate Christmas on Xmas Eve.

4. Still Life: I snapped this one in recent months and have been wanting to share it ever since. It was taken on a sunny morning not long after we'd moved into this cottage and these few green objects were all sitting close by on the bench as the morning sun came streaming through the window. I did move them around into a pleasing arrangement and I rather like the effect. One day I'd love to do a photography course because I can see that it's not too clear and the lighting is off -  but finding time to do courses might be for another year!

5. Snapped at this moment: Yep, literally snapped at this moment for this post! This is the view I see as I'm sitting here at the desk - lots of green bush and blue sky outside and a messy desk inside.  I'll let you into a little secret - I have been busy writing and filming a little online course that I hope to have finished soon. Thats whats been keeping me busy this month and I suspect it will be the same next month ;) The sticky notes on the window are to remind myself that it's ok to put myself on video, that I can do it and that I can be bigger than my fear. Not sure how well the wise words are working but I am slowly getting it done.

6. My own choice: This autumn just gone (southern hemisphere here, remember...so April) we were still living in the bus in the empty paddock next door to our daughter. Sadly it has since been totally covered in a housing development but while we were there we harvested a lot of yarrow for winter use. I've been harvesting it for a number of years now and it's an amazing little herb that can be used in the prevention of colds and fevers amongst other uses. Here's a link to some botanical information and another one with an interesting recipe that I'd like to try next Spring.

I like to use just the flowers for tea since they have the nicest flavour but I believe all parts of the plant can be used. In the photo above, the granddaughters are harvesting the flower heads, which we later snipped off quite closely to the flowers themselves and dried on a tray. The sun streaming in through the bus windows did a great job of drying them! I snapped lots of pics that afternoon and all of them had this beautiful subtle lighting - it must have been the sun and cloud combo - so I couldn't resist using one as the My Choice pic!

I am feeling a bit slack just posting old pics but in a way its lovely to share some that just haven't made it onto here! If you are interested in more Scavenger Hunt photos then do pop over to visit at I live, I love, I craft, I am me and take at peek at all the other people and places!

sustainable living june

Well dear friends!! I finally have a spare hour to settle myself fully into this space. They've been a whirlwind in many ways these past 3 weeks, to say the least! Thankyou so much for the lovely comments that you left on my very quick 'just passing by' post. It really was delightful to read that some of you are still stopping by to see what I'm up to! 

I won't go into all the details of my absence because this post is supposed to be about all the happenings in June ;) Mind you, it feels like June was a lifetime ago and I mostly cant even remember what went on!!! However I did start this Sustainable Living post back then and really want to share it regardless of the lack of memory! 

nourish: Firstly and most importantly I feel, there is the food! There were a lot of nourishing vegan bowls of goodness in the last month. Ive been passionate about healthy eating for most of my life and am a firm believer in More Greens!!! I've also been striving towards a plant based or vegan diet for the past 12 months - which wasn't hard as we were vegetarian for over 20 years.

It's so easy now to be completely plant based as there is so much info and so many great ready made sauces and substitutes if you are short on time. I mostly make my own and the one above is a super simple cashew sauce as well as a quick guacamole. I make those a lot because a sauce can dress up anything! The bowls here have a whole baked sweet potato topped with a can of lentils (which I fried with an onion and some spices) baby spinach, chopped capsicum and the toppings. We've been having these types of dinners regularly - sometimes the base is quinoa or brown rice - and always there are lots of different veggies in there and some delicious saucy goodness on top!!

Oh, and I also made peanut butter! :)

lessen: One of the little quirks in my life is not liking to throw things out! Now that does mean that I tend to have a large stash of junk useful items tucked away in our Shed of Delights waiting patiently for their day in the limelight. It also means that when I or indeed any of the family require say, a metre and a half of fly screen or a book on batik dying or even a 1970's National Geographic magazine, they are sure to find it within those hallowed shelves! I used to feel a little weird about this habit of mine. I mean it's not exactly what everyone is into now is it? Just take the popularity of Marie Kondo and the minimalist movement.

In recent times however (like the last few months) I've been feeling at peace with my hoarding tendencies. I refuse to feel guilty any longer! I like being able to put my hands on some fabric to create without buying it new; I enjoy having a stack of mags if I feel like creating a vision board; I love to help my family out with whatever it is they may need for a little project. Of course, I don't have everything we need, stashed away in The Shed but often there'll be something there that we can make do with. And because I love to re-use stuff, it makes me feel really good.

All that to say that I used up a beloved and well used linen tea towel....and after a lot of stitching, turned it into 3 dishcloths. I get such a thrill out of this kind of thing - just looking at the pic makes me all excited!! Mind you, I think that was the only such remake that happened all month so I suppose it's a good thing to be excited about hahaha!!!

grow: See, I told you I cant remember much from June - I'm not even sure why I had a pic of my salad saved under the 'grow' category although I'm guessing it's because of the sprouts! Nothing at all growing here outside. The weather is doing it's wintery, sleety, windy thing and I'm tucked up inside growing the only garden I can right now! Sprouts. Delicious tiny powerhouses of nutrition.

create: I do remember creating these pyjamas for the three grandchildren! Mostly because I swore a lot and spent days arranging and rearranging the pattern pieces on the various matching bits of fabric that I'd unpacked from.....wait for it......The Shed!!! The plain pink was an old sweatshirt of mine and the rest were fabrics I'd picked up in op-shops over the years. Since they were for pj's I wanted to use only cotton fabrics rather than synthetic blends, hence the need to make it all fit. The two girls have matching pants (which they'd already taken home before I got the tops made) and then the tiny boy had to have a top and pants out of many scraps. I managed in the end but it was a near run thing.....as I mentioned, there was cursing and much gnashing of teeth. The girls of course are delighted to be all matchy with their new brother and I'm ecstatic once again to have used some of the Stuff!!!!


So, my lovelies! There you have it - what I did in June! I must say though that July has been a very different month indeed. I'm not sure July will even qualify for a sustainable month post actually!

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. I'll be popping in to see you all later on today, as my spare hour is up for now. ;)

it's busy here!

Oh my goodness!! This last week and a half has been filled with so many different and un-usual happenings that I've hardly had time to even look in on this space let alone have a peek into yours!

I hope to be back here soon with my Sustainable June post but in the meantime I'll leave you with some (older) photos of my oldest daughter and her two little ones - who have been taking up some of the aforementioned time ;)

junes photo hunt

Well I'm late again with my photo hunt! I've been on the look out for suitable photos all month....although when I saw the prompts I did wonder how I was going to manage finding flowers and gardens in the (not quite) middle of winter!! Considering the lack of gardens and such like in my life right now, I have been a tad 'loose' with some of my interpretations but that's what prompts are for right? Simply a springboard for ones imagination!

1. My garden: Yep, this is the extent of it!! Mind you, this teeny patch is quite needy and demanding of just the right conditions to facilitate proper growth without rot! I don't mind though, since there's such a quick turnover and a high yield both in terms of input to end result, as well as nutrient wise! If anyone is interested - I use what I think is a cheap meat defroster to grow them in!!

2. Flowers: As I said, there are no flowers right now, at least not here where we are staying. Stuy and I went for a drive to a local look out one Sunday and although I did find a small native shrub with some pretty white bell flowers, it was so windy that all the photos were blurred - although I can't completely blame the wind since it's probably my lack of photography skills, haha!

Anyway these tiny little fungi were shining so enticingly in the weak sunshine that I just had to snap a few pics of them as well! I was on my tummy on quite a steep and moist downward slope and didn't even see the tiny broken one that's stuck to the top of another! It wasn't until I got them onto the computer that I noticed!! They would have been only about 6 or 7 cm high and I may or may not have had my specs on ;o)

3. Insects: I spent a delightful morning painting with my 8 year old granddaughter recently. She has been doing arty bits with me for years and now wants to learn a bit more about watercolours, so I'm having her once a week for some fun! She has a nature journal so we went for a walk and discovered....leaves ;o) I wanted to paint the pile of insects that we found in the bus when we pulled the wood panels off the windows. The unfortunate bumbles, beetles and dragonfly met a nasty end but shall be immortalised in my journal!

4. Sunrise/Sunset: Although one can't actually see any pretty clouds and setting sun, this was taken at sunset on the Winter Solstice Eve last week. I'd gone back down to the cottage and as I drove up the hill I noticed how the last off the suns rays were just picking out the family as they gathered around the small fire. They were all wearing red so it really stood out. Of course my pic doesn't really capture it all that well....but I've found sunsets have to be experienced in real time to get the full feeling that accompanies them!

5. Something wild: There's a couple of wild things here - my dashing man and the magnificent scenery visible from this hidden lookout. It was simply freezing, there was a big drop and I'm a tad nervy of heights but the view was glorious.

6. My choice: I found this amazing contraption out in the paddock one morning. Its a White Basket Fungus (Ileodictyon cibarium) and while it's a bit stinky and gross looking, it has a strange beauty too. It stayed out there for days before it eventually sank down and disappeared back into the earth. Apparently they are edible when immature but after seeing what the mature fruiting body looks like, I think I'll give it a miss!

Since I'm late to the party I can't link back to the original post but if you want to have a look at what others have found for the June prompts take a peek at Kates lovely summery blog.