Friday, January 9, 2009

Every cloud has a silver lining.......

Our mornings have been damp with either dew or frost depending on the temperature. I peek out the windows first thing upon rising, in order to decide how many layers to dress in.
This morning I gazed out and saw white tufts scattered about. Oh no, I am afraid some critter has been torn up and fur left to tell the sad tale. Immediate I seek out Billy, our only pet with a large amount of white fur, I find him still alive, sleeping on a chair.

I slip on my boots and head out to investigate. Looks like fur balls from a distant and there are lots of them.


Closer examination reveals balls of white, fluffy, soft, cottony substance.




Are new flowers blooming? Every now and then a fresh blooming surprises us.




OK, wait just a minute. Things just may not be, what they appear to be.
The centers of those flowers look disgustingly familiar.



What first looked like animal fur, then like delicate white flowers, is apparently a fungus.
A fungus covering feces. Big piles of fungus-growing dog dung all over the place.
Ew. Bizarre. I have NEVER seen such fungus covered feces!
Someone needs to 'Pooper scoop' the yard.

5 comments:

Jenn said...

OMG! ROFLMAO!!! Last summer was very, very wet and humid here and all the horse poop that was in shade bloomed with that white, fuzzy fungus. It's quite gross, but at least you know something is benefitting from the poop. You're feeding fungus!

Anonymous said...

Well, at least it makes the piles easier to find!

Anonymous said...

what the heck does your dogs eat???!!

Anonymous said...

Does it get that cold there that the POOP even needs sweaters? It looks like your Chistmas present left you some Christmas POOP. LOL

Anonymous said...

Too bad frozen dog turds don't grow a nice brown fuzz so you can find them in the snow and dispose of them before the snow melts and your backyard turns into a cesspool of thawing poop soup.