I took a walk around my neighborhood yesterday. My phone’s data was maxed out so instead of listening to a podcast I just observed my surroundings, and entertained a mental conversation with myself.  However, about 10 minutes into my walk, what I observed reminded me of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I feel like I have to preface this by explicitly stating: no, I was not on drugs.

While Lewis Carroll’s book described the caterpillar as blue and the one I saw was rather green in hue, I must say this looked like a pretty convincing IRL (in real life) representation.

The Green Caterpillar

Okay, obviously the caterpillar was dead, but have you ever seen a green caterpillar?! In other news, the blue caterpillar in the book chills on a mushroom whilst puffing on some hookah (maybe even inhaling, but idk because I’m not an expert). Later on, about five blocks from the caterpillar I came across a group of mushrooms in a patch of grass to the right of the sidewalk. So, naturally, I took a few pics.

Aerial shot of a solitary mushroom

Mushroom troop

Side angle of the mushroom troop

I kind of felt like a weirdo taking the photos because people were legit watching me from their windows. I mean at least have the decency to not be so obvious about it; am I right? Anyway, once I got home I figured I’d write a post about what I’d seen. I also thought, dang it would have been awesome if I’d carried the caterpillar and placed it on the mushroom (but I don’t mess with insects).

Have you ever gone through life just minding your own business, and felt like you were experiencing a story book character’s world? Comment below.

About the author

Kind of Kenyan holds: a B.A. in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture from the University of Maryland at College Park, an M.Ed in Elementary Education from Lesley University, and an M.Ed in Education of Students with Moderate Disabilities from Lesley University. When Kind of Kenyan is not in the classroom she enjoys reading (roughly a book a week), learning languages (French and Arabic), sipping afternoon tea, traveling, and getting in touch with her Kenyan heritage. Her pronouns are she/her/hers and she is fluent in Spanish. She manages the personal blog musingsofamillennial.blog and is working on her eponymous blog kindofkenyan.com set to launch on December 12, 2020.