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Growing from the gatepost

Growing from the gatepost

Buddleia showing the plant’s ability to grow just about anywhere. This one has seeded itself in the gatepost by the Lodge in East Park.

Growing from the gatepost

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Mushrooms growing against a wall

Mushroom by a wall

Another set of unidentified mushrooms, already well used as a food source by the local wildilfe.

Mushroom by a wall

These were growing between the lawn and the roadside wall of a block of flats on Tettenhall Road.

Mushroom by a wall

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Canal, on a misty, frosty autumn day at sunset

Canal, on a misty, frosty autumn day at sunset

Three views of the canal between Wightwick and Compton, taken as the sun was heading for the horizon on a day when the frost and mist lingered recently.

Canal, on a misty, frosty autumn day at sunset

Wightwick Lock can be seen in the background of the next picture.

Canal and Wightwick Lock on a misty, frosty autumn day at sunset

The pictures are shown here in the reverse order to the one in which they were taken.

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Autumn reflections, Wightwick Manor

Autumn reflections, Wightwick Manor

Trees with leaves changing colour for the autumn, reflected in one of the ponds in the garden at Wightwick Manor recently.

Autumn reflections, Wightwick Manor

The main photo is centered on the reflection. and has then been turned upside down to give an effect I find disorienting. The second picture gives a view of tree and reflection, right side up.

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November dawn with distant view of the city centre

November dawn

A distant view looking towards Wolverhampton city centre. the Mander Centre office building silhouetted by a sky lit by the rising sun, a fortnight ago.

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Mushrooms hiding under a hedge

Fungi hiding in vegetation

An unidentified species of mushrooms, but evidently one which was popular with the local fauna.

Fungi hiding in vegetation

They were hard to spot under the vegetation at the bottom of the hedge by the towpath near Castlecroft.