Seriously?

Would you look at the size of that Swan?! It's almost as big as the woman feeding it French Fries!

Seriously, it might look like all sweetness and innocence but do not try this at home. Swans can become quite vicious, just like Geese.

Her face has been concealed to protect the not-so-intelligent

I kept waiting for a really great Kodak moment, if you know what I mean, but it never came. She was lucky . . . this time!

Fungi

~ Phallus ravenelii (click for a description)

Young Fungi . . .

. . . and that's about all I have to say about that

Addendum: Unfortunately my younger daughter and her friend felt this mushroom was very ugly and smelly so they took it upon themselves to destroy it. Something she would normally not do. Anyway, this is the inside of the base. The whole thing was hollow. The other smaller one died overnight from frost so I am assuming the same thing would have happened to this one.