Flowers and Leaves at Balsam lake and the Kirkland liftlock

Art and architecture by kids and adults...on the Balsam lake beach

shifting sands

The waves lapping the beach shifted the black sand...three photos of the same spot, seconds apart...

 a new art, with each wave...

MUSHROOMS:BALSAM LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK,KIRKLAND, ONTARIO

Went camping at Balsam Lake on Aug 26th, 2018 to Aug 28th. But came running back on 27th evening after a tornado warning. The momeny I stepped into the car, it started POURING! We left, not a second too early!There was lightning the entire drive all the way from Balsam Lake to ...upto New Market...Aurora region.

Enjoyed my one single night of camp-life.

Saw a whole lot of amazing mushrooms there. The best and most fascinating one is the one right below...I have never ever in my life seen a mushroom, so beautiful, so soft,  of this colour and shaped like this one. Just discovered that the one below is NOT a mushroom but a fungus.

 Below is a lovely red and yellow mushroom.

Below is a white one.

I love the one below mainly because of the colored circle at the edge. I wonder what caused this color...a ring of red and a ring of blue

 I love the symmetry of the one below.

 The orange-brownish spots on the tree stump...are they lichen or baby mushrooms?

I love the green moss on the white mushrooms. I assume the green moss is on the older ones and the young ones are still white...?

I love these cute, small, yellow ones below

 This red one below is so fierce looking!

I am not sure if the three white above are mushrooms or a different type of shapeless mass of fungus like ?alge or lichen or something else?