3:00 snapshot #767: It's all about Dora

We've been fostering Dora, a 12 week old pit bull puppy, for a little while now. The snapshot is from the 19th. You can actually see her growing from picture to picture.

( Cut to protect those who HATE PUPPIES )

The most urban of the mushroom species

This is almost certainly* Peziza domiciliana, a mushroom characterized by its habit of emerging in indoor habitats. Usually these are bathrooms, damp basements, and the like. This was one of several that I discovered when I opened my pesticide shed after a rainy weekend. The mycelium appears to be living on wet cardboard.

It goes by common names like "common indoor mushroom," "carpet mushroom," and the literal translation of the scientific name, "Domicile cup fungus." It's in the same broad group as morel mushrooms.



*The longer I do this, the less certain I am of my identifications!

Tom's stupid whatever

It's my friend Tom's birthday. He tweets "All I want for my birthday is for you to tell your stupid friends to read my stupid comic and listen to my stupid band."

Tom's stupid band: http://thedemographic.bandcamp.com/album/verse-chorus-curse

Tom's stupid comic strip: http://the-opt.com/



Happy birthday, Stupid!

Oregon advice?

My brother, father, and I are going to spend next week (from Saturday on) in Oregon. We have no plan, except to rent a car and explore. My brother wants to see Astoria and some natural wonders thereabouts, I'd like to see the Oregon Zoo, and the city of Eugene. (I'd also like to see the northern Coast of California, but that may be beyond the scope of our trip.) We're theoretically staying near the coast.

Do you have any recommendations for things along the coast of Oregon?