Common Stinkhorn or Phallus impudicus in Our Garden

On December 11 of 2022, husband Pieter made some perfect photos from the Common Stinkhorn or Phallus impudicus in Our Garden...

After lower temperatures and some rainy days, mushrooms show up in meadows, woody areas and also in our backyard. In the past we have shown you already different species. 

Here is a not so common one: Phallus impudicus or stinkhorn.

The name is suggesting that it is looking somewhat like a male part.

This is a perfect example and also showing one bulbous egg—its beginning stage.

Here you can see an excellent video, click it→ Phallus impudicus, Documentary, Time lapse

You clearly see how this Stinkhorn is supposed to attract flies and LOTS of them. 

They come and lick up its spores and that way they get disposed somewhere else.

Pieter carefully removed one just to show its bulbous egg from which it grew.

Are they edible?

You wouldn't even try—because they produce a strong, cadaver like smell.

The purpose of that is to attract flies to their slimy top, to spread their spores.

The fruit bodies evolve from an egg–like bulbous.

Showing some more bulbous eggs.

ONLY in this stage they are edible!

AND—Pieter did bring a mature one inside to let me smell it!

NO, by no means it did compare to my favorite La Perla In Rosa Eau de Toilette spray... 

Have you ever smelled one?!

Related link:

{Phallus Impudicus or Stinkhorn} | previous post by me where you also can see a video about it being a delicacy...

Our Kitchen Bay Window Before and After Renewal by Andersen

 On October 12, we both went ahead and arranged to have new windows installed by Renewal by Andersen®.

A sales representative came to our home and about a week later another person came to take exact measures of the thermopane glass that needed to be replaced.

Those specks are actually in–between the double glass...

To the left bottom my iPhone is visible.

We moved into our home in November of 1990, after it got newly built.

Sure, all windows were shiny and perfect but not forever!

We'd asked a local company if they could replace them but got told that it was impossible with that type of windows...

It got really ugly and in the beginning I thought that I lost it when cleaning windows...

Going back and forth from inside to outside and rubbing really hard—in vain!

So we contacted Renewal by Andersen and ordered new ones.

This sun glare was perfect for actually showing how ugly they became—embarrassing.

The wait for new ones has been quite long—three months but there they are... on January 17, 2023

The evening before I took this photo from outside.

Pieter had already removed the Flower Framers of Cincinnati window boxes a week ago.

The center window from outside and our white picket fence is reflecting in it...

Woke up early and checked the weather—perfect with rain later in the day!

7°C or 44.6°F and high 22°C or 71.6°F

At 10:20 AM the crew of 3 had arrived from Fayetteville, Georgia a good two hour drive.

Loved this logo on the t–shirt:

The Better Way to

a Better Window®

With a huge suction devise from outside and work from inside this was at 11:08 AM

At 11:10 the first of 3 was out... Pieter is looking on in the back.

At 11:36 the new one was in and I took a picture of how it looked so far...

At 11:41 getting the center window out...

At 11:42 the other side window was in.

They meticulously used drop cloths inside and outside on the patio.

We opted for the FibrexⓇ Energy–Efficient Glass.

At 12:27 a detail of the new window...

At 14:29 after they'd already left... All DONE!

The new windows face more outward.

To the left is the BEFORE and to the right is the AFTER and you notice that the entire window is more outward. 

Both of us can't get over the CLEAR view of our garden with birds!

Very pleased with them and they were excellent workers.

The special glass quality we chose is also keeping the heat out and the cold—Saving Energy on cooling and heating.

This also comes with a great Limited Warranty

20.10.10 Years

Glass & Fibrex, Installation, Hardware

Fully Transferable

Kitties we LOVE and GRIEF for...

 A dear Blogger Friend lost her precious Derry boy.

Musings on a Small Life ←click link.

LOVE this photo of sweet Derry!

Kitties and or Puppies can really look inside our soul...

Their faces can convey so much and they truly are such loyal companions.

May Derry R.I.P. and may his Mom find the strength for moving on without this cuddle bear near her...

~

November 22, 2022 our Spunky girl claimed my European pillow, the one below the regular sized one.

Hah, my water bottles on the night table to the right...

This made in Germany flannel set with yellow roses, I'd enlarged its duvet cover so it would now fit the 'larger' Caribbean light down comforter.

It was quite a task for taking it apart on one side with the seam ripper but it was so worth it!

Our kitties LOVE it as much as we do... 😼

Spooky nestled close to his Papi while reading on his Samsung tablet...

Speckie only claims her tiny spot next to her Papi's pillow... arms crossed.

Spooky next to me on the love seat. He sure LOVES his blanket and with one eye he follows what I'm typing here on my MacBook—for you to read...

Yes, our kitties are all seniors and they show more and more gray hair in their fur.

Speckie is 13 since November 10 and her four siblings by adoption are turning 16 on March 30.

Spooky's paw—looking like a blackberry...

But YES they forever leave a footprint on our hearts—and they are so loved!

On January 8, 2023 this neighborhood kitty (male) is on our patio in one of the pot plants and staring at our kitties in the windowsill of the bay window area...

Ours stay inside when it's cold and those 'friend–kitties' come to our home looking for some affection... SAD!

That's why it is a tremendous solace when we lose one of our beloved kitties—knowing they lived a sheltered life with good medical care, good food and lots of LOVE and cuddles!

There are so many others that never get such human love... This kitty also limps and that for over half a year. 

Those eyes speak volumes!