Monday, September 29, 2025

More rain? Yes please!

I am not sure if I talked about this before, probably have but worth another mention I think... mushrooms!  How do they grow so fast?!  I am not a fan of mushrooms in general to eat, the texture is off to me but I do like the flavor such as cream of mushroom or on a steak but then I don't eat them.  Not on a pizza though because I don't notice the flavor.  But how do they grow so fast?  I go between my house and the neighbors all the time and every day I see new little mushrooms growing there.  I know they grow from roots of like trees and there is one there but the fact it grows through the dirt and grass every single day, a new one or two is fascinating.  I've seen super thick bulb ones in my background literally grow in just one night, how does it do that?!?  When I take it out of the ground and toss it over the fence, they are so rooted and THICK, just fascinating. I know the ones in my lawn are probably not good for consumption and nor would I want to eat them but the rate they grow and if they can make more things out of them, could solve a lot of food problems maybe.

Weekly Update:
This week continued to be cooler than the previous one and had some mornings where the ground was wet.  No rain or drizzles seen during the day but I'll take any moisture from the sky and waking up to it! No puddles though, just enough to see that the ground was wet and it stuck around a bit too because the weather was cloudy and cool so really nothing to dry it up quickly except time.  I hope seeing some moisture this early might mean we will have a good Winter (by good I mean a lot of rain!). This past Winter was extremely dry for us and our river beds and reservoirs are bone dry right now.  So, if we can get a wet Winter this year, that might last us for a year!  Plus ideally eliminate any dried up vegetation that may be flammable to avoid fires in the future.  Also, wet weather I feel like I use less electricity and water for the house which means lower utility costs which is always a bonus!

At the movies:
New at #1 is One Battle After Another with a very solid 22.4 million for an off-season time frame.  We'll start seeing some Academy contenders coming in the next few weeks as we approach award-season.  New at #2 is Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie with 13.7 mil and also a good number for this type of film during this time of year. Drop down to #3 is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity with 7.1 mil and will quickly drop out at this rate.  Holding at #4 is The Conjuring: Last Rites with 6.9 mil as it continues along, looks like it may just fall short of 200 in the end.  New at #5 is The Strangers: Chapter 2 with 5.9 mil... there was a chapter 1?

New movies that did not make the top 5:
Only 1 this week in at #9 is They Call Him the OG with under 1,000 screens and earning 1.4 mil which is less than $2,000 per screen average so this will be out fast.

Quote of the week:
"There are people who have money and people who are rich." - Coco Chanel

Facts & Tips:
A ten-gallon hat holds less than a gallon of liquid.

"Go to class. Learn something." - Dennis Haskins as Mr. Richard Belding in the TV series Saved by the Bell.

posted by McDuck @ 00:00

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