3:00 snapshot #1660: Saturday

Not a great picture of my dad and I this weekend, in Attleboro.

Capron Park Rose Garden

My dad came up to visit on Saturday and we didn't have a plan of what to do. I drove us to Attleboro, since I'd been there relatively recently for the first time and enjoyed it. I was looking for the Natty Greene Tavern so we could get some lunch, but I found Capron Park first. We walked to a lovely little rose garden.


We both separately decided this orange rose was unusual and beautiful enough to stop and photograph it.


Of course, being who I am, I was much more interested in the fungal wildlife that had colonized the wet mulch around the roots of the roses. All around I found the same species--or perhaps species complex--Coprinellus micaceus, the mica cap mushroom. These were about half again larger than I usually see them, which makes me wonder how diverse the complex is in our part of the world.

Capron Park Zoo Hook up

Even though we arrived at Capron Park unexpectedly, it only took a few texts to have a great experience! A friend of mine (and former coworker) is a zookeeper at the Capron Park Zoo! She met us inside and took us in to meet the Visayan warty pigs!


It's a shame that these good looking animals are critically endangered, but I'm so grateful that I got to spend some time with them!