Fading 'Shrooms

When I blipped this fun guy on 12-23 of last year...he was standing straight up, pretty, and confident of himself.

Now...it's falling apart, drooped over, and crumbling.

I know just how it feels. After 1300 miles cooped up in a van...I feel like a broken down old mushroom.

I am not much of a mushroom eater, or a picture-taker. But...when I spotted it last year...I thought it just might be the best looking fungi I had ever seen. And...I've seen a lot of fun guys.

But...everything wilts...everything disappears...everything fades away. Think Kenny Rogers. Think Mickey Rourke. Think John Travolta. Think Mick Jagger. Think Sly Stallone. Once pretty. Now...like fading 'shrooms.

Funeral service today for our friend Don. He was with my wife's mom for the last 5 years of her life. 95 years old. We brought back 2 flats of strawberries from Florida for the dinner afterwards. Old Don loved him some strawberry shortcake.

A nice uplifting service for a good man. May he rest in peace.

As James Michener wrote...Only the rocks live forever. Everything else...fades a-w-a-y.......