Tuesday 19 October 2010

ABC Wednesday - Nature Walk

Nature and the rhythm of the year as autumn turns. The late flowers are on their final flush, the roses

bloom in perfection for the final time, while the pampas grass arrives and shoots for the sky, its fonds float in the breeze, what care they that there will be winds in November, ha, they say, we laugh in the face of wind and will bend, this is our time.
Berries are in profusion in hedgerows, nuts are falling from the trees, birds are spoilt for choice
 although sometimes it is easer to eat nuts already shelled.

The Leven River at its tidal end with sandy banks at the time of this month's neap tide, the least rise and fall of the lunar month.  This short river drains much of the nearby woods, this is a very nemorous area, (no the spell check could not cope with nemorous, it means wooded).
I love a duck-board and this one makes a very wet patch of wood navigable without the mud oozing over shoes.  My companion, the mud-hound, having managed over the last few weeks to be as one with mud completed this walk almost totally dry.
The fascinating fungi love the damp of an autumn wood, I do not know enough about them to name this one but possibly as there were dozens of them growing on a fallen tree from its shape it is a  type of Paxilllus.

The 'name of the game' is ABC Wednesday nip over to see more words starting with N

18 comments:

Sylvia K said...

What a great post for the N Day! And what a wonderful Nature walk you've taken us on! Love your photographs! Hope you're having a great week!

Sylvia

Nanka said...

Enjoyed the Nature Walk. Lovely pictures too.

Janet said...

What a lovely walk!

Wanda said...

I enjoyed the walk.... now its nap time.

Gigi Ann said...

Beautiful flowers along the path, and the fungi is nice to look at also.

Kay L. Davies said...

Aha. "Duckboard" -- I think I knew what that meant once and had forgotten. Thanks.
And thank you for the lovely photos of your nature walk. No pictures of the mud-hound?

Kay, Alberta

photowannabe said...

Loves of fun N words. Thanks for sharing a lovely place with us.

Roger Owen Green said...

a splendid post of NATURE
ROG, ABC Wednesday team

Verna Luga said...

Wonderful Earth we have.. we should take of it seeing this splendid scene.. awesome..

My ABC Wednesday here

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

these are super relaxing ...
they make the nature walk very enjoyable.

Tumblewords: said...

Wonderful photos! A delightful autumn walk!

Elizabeth said...

Gorgeous photographs, Joy. I love that fungi, especially. x

jabblog said...

A lovely walk, indeed - it's very 'moist' everywhere at the moment.

♥♥ Willa ♥♥ said...

Nice! thanks for sharing the real beauty of Nature.

TheChieftess said...

Some wonderful photos, Joy!!! Thanks for stopping by my Mammoth Lakes Daily Photo for ABC Wednesday!!! This will be my first year living in snow...add to that, living in cold weather!!! It's our Grand New Adventure!!!

Strummed Words said...

I've learned a few new words here!

Jay said...

What gorgeous flower photography! The fungus, too. A lot to do with composition, I believe, but the lighting and focus is spot-on, too!

Interesting about the neap tides too - I used to think you only got those in the spring, but now I know different!

Cheryl said...

I loved all these photos. Some really nice captures.