Autumn's Bounty

I love fungi, I don't know much about them and I would be hard pressed to identify more that just a few varieties but I think they are fascinating and I am amazed and the incredible number of different fungi that can be found on the forest floor and all around us. 

I do know that they do a really important job in supporting the eco system, helping trees and plants to extract nutrients from the soil or helping to break down dead organic matter so that we are not up to our eyes in dead wood.

Autumn is a great time for spotting them and while in Canada recently I spotted so many wonderful varieties and of course I photographed a good many of them so from time to time you will get to see some of the better ones.

What do I like about them? Well its the shapes and colours and textures, even the smell, what is not to like...?

All The Small Things #6

I bought this jug from a potter in Provins, a medieval town in The Seine et Marne region of France.  There was a matching jug, slightly larger but I could not afford both.  Several years later I was back in the town and visited the pottery again, the larger jug was still for sale and the potter remembered me and the discussion we had during my first visit.  I now have both jugs and they make a lovely pair.  I also bought several decorative tiles with traditional patterns and the lovely dark glaze, they made lovely gifts, at least I thought so.

I like the shape and colour and form of the jugs and I have focused on the spout and the lip of the judge because I find them really aesthetically pleasing.

This is the last of the "small things" series, for now anyway, I hope that you have found them enjoyable and/or interesting.