Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Life Comes at you Fast



The top photo is of a mushroom in my front yard the day it spread itself out for view.
The bottom picture is that same mushroom 24 hours later.

Grab today and hold on to every minute of it. Sometimes 24 hours can make major changes in the way things look.

20 Comments:

Blogger fallenmonk said...

Excellent advice. Carpe Diem! Though in the mushroom's case it is trying to reproduce while conditions are best. So you could also say "Take every opportunity for love when it comes and don't wait for when it may be convenient."

October 10, 2007 3:43 AM  
Blogger LET'S TALK said...

"Grab today and hold on to every minute of it. Sometimes 24 hours can make major changes in the way things look." Very true statement!

October 10, 2007 4:51 AM  
Blogger Jennifer said...

Good observation, good avice, and lovely images, PoP.

(PS- Thanks for the well-wishes, Z-pup is on the mend!)

October 10, 2007 5:26 AM  
Blogger Forty Paws said...

Thanks for the well wishes and hugs for us. Dorf's prognosis is not good. I'm hoping another 24 hours will help me see this differently...

On another note, How 'bout them 'boys?

October 10, 2007 5:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Simple and so well put!

October 10, 2007 5:55 AM  
Blogger sumo said...

Right on...I wonder if it tasted good if cooked...

October 10, 2007 6:41 AM  
Blogger Blue said...

ahhhhhh...lovely parable.....

and stella says thanks for the yummy treats!!

October 10, 2007 6:53 AM  
Blogger Mary Ellen said...

Wow POP...you're deep!

Great pics and wonderful analogy and sound advice! I never saw a mushroom when it first sprouts.

October 10, 2007 7:21 AM  
Blogger Sherry Pasquarello said...

yes.

October 10, 2007 7:57 AM  
Blogger Anne said...

there are many mushrooms in this northcoast climate...we got our first real rain of the season, so the chantrelle season will be upon us soon. yum. they're lovely-and orange

October 10, 2007 8:03 AM  
Blogger robin andrea said...

I would have never imagined mushrooms in Florida. I always think of them in the forests and damp fields of the northwest. We've got lots of different kinds popping up all over the place. I do look at them and think of their short lives, but I've never looked metaphorically. Excellent advice.

October 10, 2007 8:14 AM  
Blogger mommanator said...

what a difference a day makes- sage advice thanks!

October 10, 2007 8:24 AM  
Blogger Ahenobarbus said...

Robin said, "I would have never imagined mushrooms in Florida." Don't ask me how I know this, but the majority of psychedelic mushroom for purchase originate in Florida...

October 10, 2007 10:52 AM  
Blogger WeezieLou said...

good advice for me today.

October 10, 2007 3:29 PM  
Blogger Fixer said...

We got a colony of mushrooms in one of Mrs. F's potted plants in the house. It's wild how much they can grow in a day and then wither by the next. Nice pics.

October 10, 2007 5:07 PM  
Blogger Blank said...

We get those things in one spot in the backyard. They do pop up fast, don't they?

October 10, 2007 5:30 PM  
Blogger Aaron A. said...

Kind of like some of the Democratic congressional Freshmen.

October 10, 2007 8:14 PM  
Blogger Turtle Guy said...

Words to live by.

October 11, 2007 3:36 AM  
Blogger dguzman said...

You're so wise, PoP.

October 11, 2007 10:04 AM  
Blogger Michael Bains said...

That reminds me; I haven't been checkin' my Daily Zen site lately. And I'm feelin' teh need.

namaste

October 13, 2007 5:48 PM  

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