Matters have settled down a little and with the days now becoming longer there is more time to photograph. Life is still quite, so it seems ... but upon closer inspection it has of course never stopped.
Although there are not yet many insects about - though I have seen some tiny types of woodlice - other life forms continue being.
It was a frosty morning and I was waiting for the sun to be up high enough in the sky so it could warm up the ground a little. As that didn't happen, I found some warmth near the stonewalls. In the heavy stroms in 2014, two huge chestnut trees had come down and they have by now become home for all kind of fungus and no doubt will be visited by countless insects when it warms up.
The above I only spotted because I was curious as to what the tiny orange blobs are on a fairly sizeable piece of 'old' tree branch lying on the wet ground. Getting close up I realised that it was some type of fungus. I am no specialist in this are so am yet to find out what type of fungus it is. Any knowledgeable reader is welcome to share of course.
Further on, the actual fallen tree (which was huge) is slowly being covered by all kind of different fungus - none of which I yet can ID but am in progress of finding out. This specimen here caught my attention because of its warm cream/brown/orange colour and I was surprised to find that their texture is of the velvety fury kind.
And of course ever abundant around here on stonewalls and 'dead' wood - lichen (and moss). Lichen being one of the oldest life forms on this earth ... there is a specific page on this blog that I have reserved for it.
And lastly this bit of green vegetation, covered in hundreds of sparkly dew drops that have just de-frosted.
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