The Lexington Rain Forest

We've been living in a rain forest. I keep saying this, and everyone kind of looks at me and chuckles. But consider this:

"Rain forests get rainfall nearly everyday and generally do not have a dry season. Rain forests can get up to 60-70 inches of rain a year. The temperatures of the rain forest are usually between 75-80 degrees year round. "

Ignoring the fact that Lexington doesn't maintain those temperatures year round (I can ignore the ten degree winters for the moment), we are meeting those conditions. We've had over 6 inches of rain each month this summer (that's a yearly average of 72 inches!), and it sure seems like we've had rain nearly every day. And everything is just wet, wet, wet.

I've even noticed an incredibly amount of fungus growth, especially up at the lake. We've seen some really interesting mushrooms, many of them three or four inches in diameter, which is pretty unusual for this area.

But yesterday we found a fungus that really proves my case. First of all, look at how beautiful it is. It seems very exotic to these parts.



Now, look at how big this thing actually is.


We have fungi the size of small dogs growing in our lawns!!! I rest my case.