Like an arrhythmia I’m struggling to produce regular content, but thanks to Rochelle at least I’ve a chance to redeem myself and get back into step with the FF, the aim? 100 words with a beginning, a middle and an end, one of those or none and not always in that order, lets face it, its a free for all; pile on!
Todays photo is supplied by Sandra Crook, thinking caps on…
On My Marks…
Get Set…
GO!!!
If he should have avoided anything it was probably that Amanita Virosa (Destroying Angel) with thousand island dressing on his wild garlic, dandelion and chickweed salad.
Being a Dendrologist was pretty safe, “forest bathing” was good for the soul; Canopy Disentanglement phenomena fascinated him. Why would so many species avoid each other in the canopy, a fractured jigsaw of circumspection.
He began to choke, mouth foaming, the like of which he’d never experience again,
“this would look good on a ‘Michelin’ dinner plate”
he realised…
“Of Course… They love each other”
Then he died.
There we are, a 100 words on the wasted life of a dendrologist, enjoy
The Count Of North Clifton 
This was brilliant, Sir Shrawls! Sucks to be him, unfortunately… so much for being a specialist – mind you, I suspect a ‘shroom specialist would have recognized that nefarious addition..
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I read about a thing called crown shyness which is when trees next to eachothe r don’t touch each other in the canopy, leaving gaps creating amazing shapes and rivers of sky between the branches, thought this one might just fit because the branches were touching. Check it out its fascinating
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Yes, I know about that and I am constantly looking up, hoping to witness it!
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In the woods I used to walk in we saw it all the time, its a beautiful sight
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Wonderful 🙂
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Wow. That was cool! Good story — and I even learned a couple of new words. Thanks for sharing!
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I aim to lend the thesaurus to all!! Thanks, check out crown shyness, its amazing
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And thank you of course!!
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I loved the “fractured jigsaw of circumspection“
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Thanks Neil, that’s where beer helps!!
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I’m amazed we still eat mushrooms, tasty though they are. How sure can we be that they are not, in fact, something else. Great take on the prompt.
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Thanks you, I did just have the most fantastic oyster mushroom skewer with some sort of thick citrus sauce in Krakow last week, it was the m most amazing mushroom Ive eaten in my life
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Shrawl, I learned a lot from your story, about Amanita having a fatal variety — and about how you look at love 😉
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Thanks you, do not eat the mushrooms!
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🙂
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it must be something he didn’t expect. i feel sorry for the guy.
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Yep, he’s an unlucky one, but solved the mystery of crown shyness on his deathbed I guess
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How interesting, his last thought untangled the mystery!
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Yes, but will anyone else, maybe it was necessary to die in order to understand
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Poor sod. Enlightenment and death in one fell swoop.
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That’s it! I’m off the shrooms! Excellent dark humor.
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I think liberty caps are still ok, my story isn’t strictly factual!
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My mom took a mushroom class when I was about ten years old. Our family went up into the Rocky Mountains on a mushroom hunt. When we got home she threw all the shrooms away because she wasn’t sure they were safe. Thank you for your story that brought up the memory.
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Ive got a Collins mushroom identification book and they’re too dodgy to be sure. what you’re taking, I would side with your mother on this issue, leave it to the experts!
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Oh! Indeed!
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Trippy story.
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Thanks man
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Gosh, I didn’t expect that ending. Well done
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Thanks I think I should probably see a shrink!
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I wonder what conclusions he ever came to regarding why animals and trees avoid each other in the canopy. What an interesting take.
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Dear Shrawley,
What a way for a dendrologist to go. Unique take on the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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