Its ball, its a balloon, no its its....

It's a mushroom!

Today on our walk we saw this white ball on the ground back in the wooded area. We went to investigate thinking it might be a ball or balloon with a message. As we got close we saw it was neither and that there were others back there. It is a "puffball mushroom". Apparently edible while young (white). But you have to be careful because it might be one of two other types of similar looking mushrooms, both are poisonous. We left it where we found it, but I am tempted to go back and bring it home to cook it up!

Also, this time of year the grasshoppers are BIG and everywhere. I think I should get extra credit for this walk because you have to burn more calories when your screaming and jumping around. Not a pretty site I'm sure but Gary had fun laughing at me.