We have had such a horribly hot, high humidity summer and it has has been tough to suffer though it. It does things to one. It makes one tired and grouchy, like one's energy is being sucked right out. No one ever looks their best. What with the sweat dripping off the tip of your nose and one's hair, well frizzy is an understatement, but I didn't know it caused cameras to hallucinate. The above photo is shown as it was taken by the camera, no touch ups or computer programs used. It certainly looks like a flying saucer floating over a forest to me. In reality it is caused by the lens fogging up from the heat and humidity of the night. This photo was taken at around 11 PM and the temperature was still about 90* outside and this was just last week after many weeks of such weather. I had to wipe the lens of my camera after every shot to keep it from fogging up to much and even then if I took too long to set up the shot it would fog up the lens and give that eerie look to my shot. The picture was taken with just the light from the the back porch light using my shutter speed priority setting on my camera. I am really trying to learn to use my camera to a much fuller extent and having fun learning more.
Once again this is a photo op I would have missed without my husband Tom. He was walking the dogs when he saw the mushroom and told me about it so I could go out to photograph it. He's always on the look out for interesting things for me to photograph, although I don't think he or I expected the results I got when the mushroom was first spotted. Thanks, Tom.
Below is a close up of the mushroom as it should look and if one looks at the blades of grass one can see how wet everything is even without any rain. I am certainly glad that we have had a break from that awful heat, Maybe I'll be able to go through my day without the heat sucking all the energy out of me.
We've been having cloudy, rainy days for several days now. The weather has been pretty gloomy, but at times the sun breaks through and we get some delightful cloud formationds. These picture were all taken within an hour of rain. There is a saying here that if you don't like the weather just wait 5 minutes it will change. I would really feel bad complaining about the rain and clouds because we desparately need the rain, however the gloom was starting to get to me till I looked up when it wasn't actually raining and saw the teriffic shape of the clouds caused by the weather. My garden is enjoying it; both the plants that are supposed to be there and the weeds. At least it is getting cooler so I can go correct that balance when the rain stops. 
