Mushrooms almost overnight

   A few weeks ago we had a pretty steady rain here in San Francisco, and I noticed these mushrooms sprout up a couple of days later. Perhaps another day after that, the mushrooms seemed to have nearly doubled, growing in size, mass and density. I know that things can grow fast, but the ferocity with which these grew made it seem like they had been saving up all of their energy for a time just like this, when they could suddenly burst forth to show themselves!
   One of the main reasons that I began, and continue writing this blog is to express my wonder for the natural world, a world that I am able to experience daily due to my schedule, desire and proximity to the great Golden Gate Park. No matter what I see here, and regardless of the regularity that I do, I still see so much to fascinate me that I doubt I could ever be interest could ever be exhausted, even if I only walked the one mile oval that I do in the mornings.
   It's hard to tell if this spatially limited environment is continually changing and developing, or whether it is my consciousness that is; at times, it seems like one or both of them is doing so almost overnight