It's Mike Ettner's Blog » oak http://www.mikeettner.com . . . and with no pretentious tagline! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:33:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Tree Mushroom Fungi http://www.mikeettner.com/10/2009/tree-mushroom-fungi/ http://www.mikeettner.com/10/2009/tree-mushroom-fungi/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:38:41 +0000 MikeEttner http://www.mikeettner.com/?p=1778 A couple of years ago, in a short review of a slim book of poetry, Eric McHenry made this observation:

“American poetry — according to one of the many competing caricatures — is dominated by English professors and the minor epiphanies they have while walking their dogs.”

Walking my dog this evening I came across a “growth” attached to the base of a 70-year-old oak tree. Its peach color made my golden retriever look dull in comparison (sorry, Jesse) and its hue intensified as blue evening descended. An example of the power of complementary colors, this was a minor epiphany to my non-professorial American eyes.

Tree Fungus 1

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