Sunday, January 21, 2007

Humphrey's Last Wish...

Humphrey requested to have Gordy photo-document his final journey for the world to see, the very least we could do was comply.

As I rip Humphrey from his cradle he maintains complete composure...Enrico on the other hand seems to lean toward Humphrey in a futile attempt to reach for his brother.


The underside of Humphrey's well developed self.


Last bath...remarkably Humphrey is way cleaner than any store-bought porto I have ever laid eyes on.


Humphrey prepares to die.


Words escape me at this point as I am overwhelmed with emotion.


Sauteing the Humphrey bits in butter, a splash of worschestire, with onion and garlic.


Scrambling the eggs who are lucky enough to be accompanied by such a brave and glorious 'shroom on their final adventure throughout our respective digestive tracts.


Final moment of reverence.

3 comments:

Biddie said...

And so the final sun (maybe the closet light) has set on Humphrey - may he soon have many more brothers, sisters and cousins (if that's how spores work ??).

And now, for the pragmatic side ---
Inquiring minds want to know - did it have any flavor? Did it taste good?

Michael-Ann said...

Hi ya Mom...Yes! Humphrey was DELICIOUS!

mike macgirvin said...

How is Enrico dealing with this? The death of an older sibling is often very traumatic.

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