Fairy Rings and pressed flowers

I noticed that we have some “fairy rings” of mushrooms on our lawn.  They haven’t affected the grass and I think they are rather sweet (although if you search for information about them on the Internet it is all about how to get rid of them).

I looked up the story that these appear where large trees were sited historically, but apparently this is not true which is a shame as I had been about to get out the ordnance survey maps I have for the late 1800s and check to see whether there were any trees marked on at the corresponding positions.  Our big cedar tree is marked on the one for 1869.

I also made a discovery in a book our cat Amber gave me for my birthday (our cats always buy me presents for birthdays and Christmas which is good of them – they are actually far better at remembering to do it than J is).  The book is a volume of “Home Notes” –  a compilation of magazine articles from 1894.  I was looking through it today and found this.

Some long ago child has pressed some flowers in it – I have no idea when but it could well have been over 100 years ago.  I used to do this as a child – specifically my mum and I pressed pansies one year and made them into bookmarks for Christmas presents.  Do people still do this?  I guess printed books will be on their way out soon (I never use them apart for vintage things like this) – and you can hardly press flowers in an iPad.  Actually R has a stack of old iPads and other tablets, so perhaps you could.