And there it was. I had all but given up finding any today. It seemed like I had walked at least a mile with no luck whatsoever; in fact, I was on my way back to the truck, plumb worn out and dejected. And there it was.
In a place I wasn’t expecting, there, a foot from my foot, was a little morel (not a mushroom). I looked around and saw no poplar tree. Where was its symbiotic friend? The only tree in close enough proximity to fit that bill was a hickory.
You’re thinking, “Why is he so surprised? Aren’t they called hickory chickens?”
Well, yes, they are. And you would think that’s where I find these things. Except I don’t!
This species is of the Black variety, and my family finds them under poplar trees mostly. I don’t even bother to look under hickory’s because normally they aren’t there.
So I suppose I was lucky to notice it as I walked by that hickory tree. Yes, it must have been luck indeed for I found six more near it. That made a lucky number seven.
Oh, you don’t believe in luck? Or fate and stuff like that?
I do. For example, fate brought me and my wife together. I know it in my heart and soul.
Luck and fate may not be the same thing, so I can’t say conclusively if luck played a role in me finding those “7”!
At any rate, seven isn’t enough for a mess. So I left them all right where I found them. That way they can finish dropping all their spores and grow more next year.
Hopefully, someone else doesn’t come along and find them. If they do, I hope they’ll leave them for seed.
I found another first today when I returned home. A package! A big box!
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts, you might have a good idea what was in the box. I myself knew right away because of the box’s shape. A big rectangle about five-feet long, about two-feet wide, and five- or six-inches deep.
Let me help you. The thing inside was blue, and its purpose relates to The Rosine Barn Jamboree.
Yep! You guessed it! A guitar!
My first ever blue guitar! I said in a post last week that in order to promote Notes of Blue I would be playing blue guitars every Friday during Open Mic for at least this season.
In case you’re wondering, the guitar is an Applause, which is made by Ovation. Model is AAS-69, a slope-shoulder dread (short for dreadnought). That’s actually another first for I have never owned a slope-shoulder, just numerous standard dreads.
And if you’re also wondering where the pick guard is, I took it off. I didn’t like the original, so I’ll be replacing it as soon as the new one arrives.
A day of firsts. Here’s one more for the road. Because of all this datgum rain postponing last week’s Bill Burden Tribute show, the first Friday night of the 33rd season of The Rosine Barn Jamboree will be this week.
I’ll be there with bells on—and my blue guitar! Auf weidersehen!
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