More ink, less mushroom

Wow! There's not much of the mushrooms left!! Mostly just stem! I have been saving lint in a plastic bag for a long time. When the mushrooms are all ink, I will make paper out of the lint, and write on the paper with a feather that I have! I can't wait!

Mushrooms

Here are some pictures of some mushrooms that Mom found growing in our front and back yard.

These are called Shaggy Ink Mushrooms or Lawyer's Wig. I cut some and put them in a jar to make ink. On the bottom of the jar (bottom picture) you can see the ink that they have made already. Mom is pointing to it. I cut them at around 5:00 p.m. and it made that much ink by 8:40 this morning!
In the top picture, you can see the gills are starting to turn black. Soon, they will turn to ink. Also, look inside the stem. You can see the tiny, thin strings.

This is a picture of two Ink mushrooms that I left in the yard. If you look closely, you can see some black grass around it. It is black from the ink on the mushroom. They say these are edible, but I'm not about to eat one!!! The whole mushroom will turn to ink, stem and all!!! It is said George Washington used ink from this kind of mushroom to sign the constitution.

This is another kind of mushroom we think is called Collybia Butyracea, Butter Top, or Tough Shank. This is edible as well. But we aren't eating these either!

Here are directions and pictures to an experiment I did with mushrooms.

You will need:
A small glass
A kinda flat mushroom
A piece of white paper

1. Place the mushroom gill-side down on the piece of paper.
2. Place the glass over the mushroom.
3. Let the mushroom sit for a few hours. (I let mine sit over night)
4. Remove the glass and mushroom.
5. Lightly spray your print with hair-spray

What it does:
While the mushroom is sitting under the glass, the spores inside of the gills fall off on to the paper. You put the glass over it to block out air. I put a cocktail dish over it instead of a glass because it is smaller. You use the hair-spray to keep the spores from moving.

Here is a picture of how one of mine turned out:

You can use the same mushroom multiple times. I have used mine about 5 times.

I am going to make another post soon. Maybe tonight or tomorrow.

Perler Bead Mania!!!

Hello! Wow, it's been awhile! Here are some pictures of some crafts I did while not blogging
:-P :-)



This is a travel Checkers game that I made.


My friend Lisa gave me her two fish before she moved, and this is a likeness of my favorite one, Violet.
It glows in the dark!

This is actually an airplane, but I use it as a spinning top. It doesn't glow in the dark.

This is a likeness of the other fish, Watermelon. It also glows in the dark.

This is a snake. The white and pink beads glow in the dark.




Also, here is a poem about leaves that I wrote a few weeks ago:

Leaves

Leaves are very pretty
'Specially in the fall.
When they come down to the ground,
Calling, Calling to all.

"I'm pretty! Pick me up!" They say
"I want to be picked up today!"
So you gather all the pretty ones,
And say "Now what to do for fun?"

You want to make a leaf museum,
And gather all the leaves you can.
You arrange them neatly on a table,
And onlookers look, when they are able.

The leaves turn brown,
It's the end of fall,
They fall to the ground,
But no more do they call.

The trees are bare,
The weather turns cold
Winter has come,
And Fall is of old.
-Ada, Age 12

Catching up

Sorry I haven't been online in a long time.

I gave my two twin beds to Cloppers and I got one of their bunk-bed sets.
:-) I sleep on the top, and I made the bottom into a hide-out. So I have
been reading or doing perler beads, or trying to figure out how to do the
latch-hook Laura gave me on the top bunk, and playing in my hide-out. Or I
play out-side. Plus I have school. So I don't get on the computer that
much. I will probably get on more during the winter, since there won't be
any mushrooms to pick, and pretend to make mushroom casserole or mushroom
soup.

All of my butterflies are headed for or are in Mexico :-)

Weather here is sometimes cold, and sometimes beautiful. It's not cold
enough to turn the heat on, but it probably will be pretty soon.

School is going good, I do most of it in books. Bible: Creation. Math:
Really difficult division. English: The art of listening for details,
History: The earth, Science: Nutrition and the human body.

Maybe I will post some pictures of my room when I get some. :-)

-Ada