Grrrrrwly Grrrrrl!

She could give Tony the Tiger a run for his money. Cute little tiger!

A Pumpkin Tree!

I LOVE the idea of carved pumpkins growing on trees! How cool!

And thanks to The Castle of Doom for this cool image.

Like the plant that ate Chicago?

From the web, uh, somewhere . . . :

Swiss scientists have discovered what they think may be the biggest mushroom in Europe, a monster fungus the length of eight football pitches and mostly lurking underground.

The mushroom, which covers a whopping 35 hectares [86.5 acres] in a Swiss national park near the eastern town of Ofenpass is thought to be more than 1,000 years old, forestry experts say.

The mushroom, which is 800 metres long [874 yards or about a half-mile long] and 500 metres wide [546 yards or just under a third of a mile long], is of the armillaria type, according to the Swiss Federal Institute Forest, Snow and Countryside Research (WSL).

It consists of a vast network of sometimes very thick filaments which reach out along the path of tree roots in the mountainous, wooded region.

The visible parts of the mushroom that poke out above the ground or on the boughs of trees are the tip of the iceberg, representing a tiny part of the vast undersoil organism.

Some species within the family are formidable parasites which invade trees, gradually strangling them.

They have been blamed for the widespread destruction of pines within the national park, a WSL statement said.

One reason why the fungus may have survived for so long undetected and untroubled is that it is only edible when young, and even then is not a favourite with lovers of mushrooms.

--AFP

Sounds like a great idea for a scary movie! (And thanks to this site for the metric to English conversions . . . otherwise, I would have had NO idea of how big this big-ass fungus truly is!)

. . . the grass is always greener . . .

With the election coming up, all the ponderous debates, hateful charges being hurled from the right to the left (note the one-way street), the efforts of Bliggity Bloggity Blog become more apparently necessary.

Where is the love these days? Where is the silliness these days? This is a time to laugh and enjoy how silly we can all be.

Arrrgh!

Take this for example:

The Sunset Hills Memorial Park cemetery is giving up grass in favor of artificial turf.

It's a move owners believe will save as much as $180,000 in water and maintenance costs over the next three years. The cemetery is the final resting place for cowboy stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

"I actually believe it will revolutionize the cemetery industry eventually," said Sunset Hills co-owner Chet Hitt. He knows of no other cemetery that uses artificial turf.

Hitt originally started selling artificial turf just to people who wanted it for their family plots, but has gradually begun to put it down throughout the cemetery. He expects he'll have to replace it about once every eight years.

Artificial grass has several benefits besides saving money on water and maintenance costs, said Dave Hepburn of the Interment Association of California, the state's largest cemetery trade association.

Real grass can discolor tombstones and grow into graveside flower vases, damaging them, Hepburn said. Heavy watering can also damage concrete walkways and discolor headstones over time.

"The most important thing for a cemetery is to look good at all times, to look beautiful inside," Hepburn said.

I wonder if the Fischer brothers have heard about this?