Oddities

Two odd things appeared on the lawn this last week. First, an abandoned bird's nest:

that rested gently on the ground in the back yard. I can only think that the babies had flown away and it was no longer needed.

Next, despite our ongoing drought, an enormous fungus appeared in the side lawn:

This fungus pops up from time to time during the summer. I really need to look it up and figure out what's going on.