3:00 snapshot #1564: Puppy weekend

We took on three 7 week old puppies this weekend--they arrived on Friday and just left a few minutes ago. Pretty fun short term project, but three is definitely at least one too many for easy care. We only have two arms!

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Winter urban mushrooms

Until I'm scolded to the contrary, I'm going to call these Reishi mushrooms, which used to have the scientific name Ganoderma lucidum. The species is being split into many, due to dna and geography. These are growing from a hardwood stump in the pavement behind Stone's Public House, a haunted inn, in Ashland Mass. The pub is a lovely old place, built in 1834 to take advantage of the new rail line through the little town. I'd love to return for a night visit to see if anything spooky happens.