In spite of a lingering head-cold & the frigid rain, I donned my foul-weather gear & journeyed into the forest with the family for what might be our last opportunity to revel in the final breaths of an uncharacteristically long season.
Returning to the Earth.
There I found what I needed.
I always do.
Despite the cold, creeping touch of winter, the beauty of life abounded. Death too.
I fell in love, over & over.
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| Pretty polypore on a rotting conifer. |
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| Split-gills & lichens on alder. |
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| Orange sponge polypore (Pycnoporellus alboluteus ) & a slime mold (Arcyria spp. ?) |
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| Polypore & lichens on birch. |
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| Witches' Butter (Tremella mesenterica). |
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| Late season umbrella. |
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| Tiny polypores & lichens on alder. |
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| A Wee One on a dried grass shaft. |
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| Wine-coloured polypores - thank you Bacchus. |
1 comment:
Split-gills are highly medicinal, too!
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