One day dog

We had a brief one night engagement with Calvin, a nervous goofy dog a little older than our usual fosters. Charlie got along with him pretty well, but Maggie took an instant dislike to him.


After several hours of solicitous play bowing, Maggie decided she liked him and wanted to play with him. After his real foster picked him up, Maggie was looking for him and acting like she wanted to play.

280 days of Urbpandemonium #97

There are many hours of daylight this time of year. The trees use those hours to turn the sunshine into sugar--these are the peak production weeks. Down in the roots there is fungal mycelium bonded to the tree's tissues. The fungus helps bring water to the roots, protects them from enemy fungi and bacteria, and uses enzymes to unlock nitrogen from the soil for the tree to use. In return, the threads of fungi drink some of the sugar from the roots, getting the energy they need to do their jobs, and when there is abundant food, to reproduce.

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