Simply Beautiful

In case you haven't worked it out, I really really like fungi. I can't say why I like them so much but I do.  

When I was selecting my pictures for today I thought that my favourite picture was the first one; I love the richness and warmth, I love the shape and the texture but there is also the promise of more as the fungus actually opens out.  As I carried on choosing pictures though I thought that perhaps the fourth one was my favourite, with the colour and texture of fresh crusty bread. But then I think I have finally decided that the fifth image is my favourite. I think the lighting is perfect, the soft focus on the background helps to emphasise the delicate stem and the sharply focused fins on the underside of the opened out head. It is simply beautiful.

Rooftop Garden

It may be difficult to work out exactly what you are looking at in today's picture so the title of the post might help a bit.

You are actually looking down onto the top of a wooden fence post which has rotted away to form a concave space which has been colonised by lichens and moss and what looks a bit like a bramble. 

I think it is rather beautiful and it is one of those things that we would more often than not walk past without a second glance but I think it makes a wonderful image and from this particular perspective it looks really good.