Unlike the snowdrops in yesterday’s post, these had flowers which were fully open. The pictures were taken on the same day, of flowers in another front garden just a few minutes walk distant.
Oyster mushrooms growing high on a tree, so I was able to picture their undersides. They take their name from the shape, not from any resemblance of their flavour to that of the mollusc.
They are edible, being popular with foragers for wild food as well as being one of the species cultivated for sale.
This winter has seemed (at least to me) like it was dragging on for ever. But the days are now perceptibly getting longer, and there are increasing signs of renewed life from vegetation.
It’s a long beach at Exmouth, which means it’s also a long walk from arriving by public transport before getting to the cliffs where the Jurassic Coast section of the South West Coast Path starts. Lots of stunning views of the cliffs seen across the bay during that long walk.
The sculpture at cliff top level marks, I think, the official western end of the Jurassic Coast, and includes a timeline of the geological eras when the different cliffs were formed.
A splash of bright colour for late winter. Scarlet elf cups grow on dead wood. Because they are small, and often half-hidden in undergrowth they can be quite difficult to spot.
Holy Trinity churchyard, Stratford on Avon, directly by the river – the river is just about visible on the left, and the church spire rises up in the background.
There’s lots of mature trees in the churchyard. Like the gravestones, they support several different species of lichens, as seen here on the trunk of this twisted old willow.