We had to go to town today to buy feed for our animals, the deer.
The old man's beard was blooming, Clematis vitalba. This is what the plant looks like (thanks to Pinterest):
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These don't grow here, as far as I know, this is also Old Man's Beard, Hericium erinaceus (fungi):
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And this old man's beard is long:
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And there is a meme for that: