Fun & fungi in Marley

December is a dark and bare month but there were still fruits and fungi to see in Marley earlier.

I love how this branch extends to the other side of the footpath, and kinks upwards.  I wonder how much longer it will grow?

This one reminds me of a triumphant green elephant.

The trees line the side of the path, which was once the road from Camelsdale to Fernhurst.  I think?  All gloriously mossy.

A few puff balls have survived the temptation of walkers to de-puff them.

Why does Silver Birch attract so much fungi?

Is that another puff ball, clinging like a sea anemone in a green above water world?

This one has crept all the way up the trunk.

Like-Ken, lichen.

Beautiful reflections.

It’s so joyful to see flowers on a December day, even if they’re surrounded by thorns.

There’s a touch of the jungle about some of the trees here.

Only a few Holly berries are left, having escaped the appetite of the blackbirds and thrushes.

The bracken has all frosted down to a tangle of pattern.

Freshly laid?  We didn’t see the cute belted Galloway today.

Where to next?