They said we’d never escape, that there was more than that iron barrier to hold us in, herded like Lubanthan Goblins.
Yet Meghan claimed she knew a spell. We cleared the leaves for her to write it in the soil. And all went well.
Now we have only to negotiate our way out of the Misty Forest beyond, the domain of the Pixelated Ladies.
What, I hear you ask, is a Pixelated Lady? This is (just my name for it). For those not in the know, Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) yields an hallucinogen.
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This looks dangerously beautiful
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Glad it comes across like that. It’s that dangerous look that inspired the story
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Most lethal creatures are beautiful!!
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Tis true. 🙂
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It is. It’s a beautiful woodland. And that railing is part of a former railway which has run through here since early 1950s.
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I was wondering, as it didn’t look like a pedestrian or auto traffic bridge. Of course, what do I know about bridge types in England?
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Most people wouldn’t realise what it was. And despite I knew the line used to run through here, I had never seen this bridge before… and I’ve been to this woodland many times
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Thank you for explaining this hallucinogen. I had no idea.
A very interesting tale of woodland goblins, that works so well with this historic photo.
Isadora 😎
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Thanks. My specialty. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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There you go, an entertaining tale and a bit of new knowledge. Absolutely perfect 🙂
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Thanks. I do aim to please
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Never trust things like these that are too pretty… Of course, if you know that their only danger is to give you hallucinations and that’s what you want, that’s another story!
Love the story!
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It can cause nausea too. Best to drink the urine of reindeer that have eaten it… like the shamans of old (seriously true)
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Ummm. eww.
And I believe that it is true. I just would hate to be the one in charge of collecting said urine… 😉
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I thoroughly researched it. No, I didn’t try it!
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Of course you did. And well… I cannot criticise that 😉
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🙂
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Great story, very magical. I wonder if the fly agaric has its name only because of the flies, or because it makes you fly… on a broom… in the moonshine.
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I’m not sure of the answer. I’ve seen flies on lots of the fungi I photograph but not so often on the Fly Agaric. So maybe it’s a fly deterrent?
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Pieces of it were soaked in milk and these dishes were standing around. Flies would drink the milk and die, that’s why I think. But the hallucinations might make you fly, too. 😀
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That’s very very likely. In some cultures it’s called “bread”. As the preferred drug of the shamans, we know that they experienced a flying sensation. And of course, it is what powers Santa’s reindeer
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Didn’t know that abut Santa. Explains a lot. A LOT. LOL.
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