Silk tassels elongating

Silk tassels elongating

Catkins on a silk tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) elongating through December. Early in the new year they will start producing pollen.

Red edge brittlestems by towpath

Red edge brittlestems by towpath

Red edge brittlestem mushrooms (probably) growing under the hedgerow all along the canal towpath, heading out to the countryside from Wightwick.