I shot some nature photos this time last year and posted them here. I went back to a couple of the same places and re-shot the same formations. The most intriguing is the fungus formation on the stump, the amount of decay over a year is significant but more interesting still is the new life that is growing with it.
This is the entire top part of the stump. The hole in it is greatly enlarged.
This is the new fungal growth. It wasn't there in the photo from this spring.
This is the old growth which itself has started to decay. Instead of the rich browns and greys that it held last year, a portion of it is blackening and there are distinct bands of green forming in the growth. It is also sprouting its own fungal growth that is new on feeding on its decay.
On the 5th I took shots of the witch hazel, which is exactly one year ago from the previous images of it in bloom. The blossoms were well formed and fresh.
Today I snapped the blooms again and the frost from last night is starting to shrivel them a bit more. The flowers are such fringed little things, not much more than 2-3cm in size when fully extended.
It was cold enough last night to produce one more thing that fascinates in the late fall: hoar frost.
Small fragile crystal flowers of ice and soil.
Cascading upwards over small pebbles, bearing the weight of the disturbed earth on the tips.
Moss growths on maple bark.
Bright holly berries and the ruddy leaves of impending winter.
A completely accidental shot. The bright sunlight behind the aging sumac blossom imparts an ethereal quality to an otherwise ordinary entity.
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Suffice it to say that the natural world is not the only place where a year or even a few days has made evident changes. One of these days when I am not so fascinated with the visual I may write about it.
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