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