When It Rains It Pours!

The Houston area received a lot of precipitation (in the form of rain) this past week!
These are pictures and comments from Ms. Bullock
No, this isn't a lake...it is an athletic field used for soccer and other sports. With all the recent rains, Spring Creek has flooded the area...including this field.

There have been some small surprises popping up after the recent rains...mushrooms! The mushrooms pop up in damp areas. They are a fungus that need moisture to grow. Why are there always groups of mushrooms? When the cap, or top, of the mushroom opens like an umbrella it drops tiny spores that grow into new mushrooms. The mushrooms often form a circle. In the past, people thought that the circle of mushrooms were left by faries and were called "fairy rings". Have the fairies visited your neighborhood recently?