Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Fleeting moments after rain

©2018 Barry Smith - Droplets on a Snow-pea leaf
Fungi and droplets are things I associate with gently nurturing rain. They are there for a fleeting period; and then the beauty has gone or changed.

This post celebrates some of that fleeting beauty.

First a series of photos of a spreading type of fungi that totally transformed over a period of about 12 hours.

©2018 Barry Smith  - Detail of fungi below - early morning
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi - early morning
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi - after lunch
©2018 Barry Smith  - Detail of fungi above - after lunch
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi - end of the day - life cycle seems to be finished
Of course there are other examples that stay for a day of two.

©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi on decayed yucca stump
©2018 Barry Smith  - Emerging fungi in the hollow of a decayed yucca stump
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi in decayed yucca stump
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi on decayed lemon tree stump
©2018 Barry Smith  - Tiny fungi on decayed lemon tree stump with microscopic visitors 
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi on decayed lemon tree stump - 24 hours later
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi in decayed yucca stump - this morning
©2018 Barry Smith  - Fungi in decayed branch - on my walk this morning
The droplets are there before the sun and the wind and then are gone.

©2018 Barry Smith  - Droplets on a small orchid with webs
©2018 Barry Smith  - Droplets on a rose on the block - this morning
©2018 Barry Smith  - Droplets on a frangipani on the block - this morning
The dull grey skies nuture both of this beauty.

©2018 Barry Smith  - Looking out to a cloudy sky and valley across the rain filled fire-pit bowl 

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