Magical Mushrooms

[helmsa]

They were on the ground when we were pulling our turf out of the bog... but my uncle warned me against them. "Grab them if you want but you're more likely to meet god than see god". Gave them a miss.

they're grand if used properly, not the sort of thing you'd do just for the Craic like a few pints, not me anyway

[astfgyl]

I quite like a small few if I'm heading out for the night.  They're great for gigs

[Carnage]

Aye, I've done them before, not bothered these days. Went to a blues festival with a bottle of mushie tea, was 'interesting'.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Used to really enjoy taking 30 or so for buzzing at a house party or watching a comedy. Saw Old School for the first time after 30, literal rofls.

[astfgyl]

Yep small amounts would be my bag for the most part. Well if I'm in company anyway.  I usually keep the heroic antics for when I'm on my own

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I wouldn't want to be just drunk with you or anyone on a heroic dose anyway 

[astfgyl]

  That's it exactly! Why put them through it at all. Often enough the wife and myself would be having a light buzz and she'd head off to the bed and I'd have fistfuls of them straight away and buzz with the dog for the night. There have been times it's been so strong that tears have been rolling down my cheeks and I couldn't tell if they were happy or sad ones or what they were and there's no point having someone there watching that catharsis.

All this talk is making me want them very much. Think I need to wash the cobwebs away

[Giggles]

I found 1 magical shroom in the northwest today 

Fuck all mushrooms in my spot in general, only saw two of them dirty brown lookalikes. I would have thought it was a bit warm for them to be out already?

[astfgyl]

It has been a very wet summer and I think the rain brings them out as much as the cold nights. That's just me though because nobody has actually grown them in captivity even now in the age of The Science.

Elusive little bastards are too clever for the new religion, which delights me because they're called Magic for a reason

[Airneanach]

Think I need to wash the cobwebs away

I love a bit of Terrence McKenna poetic storytelling of the experience but "Washing the cobwebs away" sums it all up nicely for me.

Should be a banger of a season considering how much moisture has been sucked into the ground over the last few weeks.

Getting up before dawn, doing your picking when most of the rest of the country sleeps off a hangover, heading back home to have a coffee and a fry up, planning the madness ahead. It's the most wonderful time of the year.

[astfgyl]

I'll be singing that in my head while I go a pickin..

It's the most wonderful time of the yeeeeaaaarrr.

Just that line on repeat

[astfgyl]

Finally got my hands on a proper haul of the bould lads yesterday and this morning. Great showing after the few cold mornings got things going on earnest. Celebrated with a handful last night and the ceann is washed out wonderfully today. Happy days! How are ye all getting on with it?

[astfgyl]

They're still out in case anyone hasn't bought a ticket yet.

Ticket to the fuckin moon lol

[Giggles]

Got a few myself but not as much as previous years, my local spot seems to thrive in October and I didn't get out there as much as I would have liked. Been going weekly over the last month or so but the pickings were a bit sparse. Fucking love it though.

[Mooncat]

Bought some online (fair few places sell them if you pay with crypto) and had a wee trip at home for the first time in about a decade. Nice light trip with mainly colours, rippling surfaces, patterns moving etc. Listened to Tame Impala's Currents on repeat for about the entire 4ish hours of the trip. Miss the days of heading out with the lads on a morning with our plastic bags hoping to get a haul.