It was on our diversion a couple of weeks ago that I realised how much benefit it gave me to walk a different path. The vantage point was entirely different and lead to a new perspective on a familiar area. 

Light! Let there be more of it.

A pleasant pheasant taking flight

Some of the megapuddles
I think these are called 'snowberries'. Not edible but curious to examine. A marshmallow style make up to the body of the berry.

The road dipped, the water filled it up.



I love floury brackets just peppering the old silver birch.



Take care,

 

Let there be light. It's fascinating the effect on everything light has. When you really consider the impact of the sun and the clouds it does boggle the mind. I personally feel the requirement to go outside and feel the benefit of the natural light, the air and the freshness that comes with it. Options and opportunities are far more limited over autumn and winter *shakes fist angrily and mutters obscenities* so to supplement by vitamin D intake I not only take my multivitamin chews as I have done for a good few years now, but also I've recommenced additional vitamin D with a mouth spray. They say that vitamin D is looking like something to mitigate Covid symptoms and I do believe that vitamin D has such an impact on me so quite honestly, the more the better. I used to attempt the tablets but I struggle with swallowing tablets and chewing them isn't all that pleasant so always look for other options. This isn't an ad by the way, just a wee waffle.

Above, no editing at all, just the curious colours of a narrow path through bare trees and a perfectly placed pile of fallen leaves. Looks like a spotlight.



Ah she's off snapping dead weeds again. Weird habit.




There's still a few fungi around if you look carefully.

Ah, a beauty of a fly agaric.




This one reminds me of a stack of jaffa cakes.




Hope you have a wonderful new week.

 

I've dithered and procrastinated before trying to get this post up and running but there's nothing springing to mind about what to say. I'm sure inspiration will strike later and I'll exclaim that obviously I should have talked about so and so but for the moment my mind is steeped in fog, not unlike the garden from my window this morning. The lockdown to-do list is calling and there's lots to get stuck into, almost certainly to be irritatingly punctuated by work cropping up that can only be half-tended to. 

Photographs from a week or two ago on another fairly grey and miserable day (there seem to be plenty of those around lately). 

Take care,