Sometime I prefer the nicknames I give to certain fungi, rather than their official names. Take the following fungi, for example - Calocera viscosa aka the Yellow Stagshorm, photographed in Twmbwrla. Butter fingers is surely a more apt title for these rather lovely woodland life forms.
I love the iconic magical shape formed between these two conjoined trees in Twmbarlwm.
En route up to 'The Twmb', a row of trees that appeared to have been imported from a Scooby Doo cartoon or a movie retelling of Sleepy Hollow pulled me briefly off course. I nearly used the word grotesque to describe their appearance, but on closer inspection, the moss-softened trees seemed more sensual than that term relays. Recent scientific evidence seems to support the idea that trees communicate with one another and can actually help look after one another in times of need. Here, in Twmbarlwm, these trees appeared like kindred spirits, enjoying each others company both emotionally and physically:
Gobble, the third tale in my forthcoming portmanteau novel Solstice has now been sent off to the publisher and should be available for purchase as a paperback and kindle book sometime over this forthcoming weekend :)
“Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, but Carrie White eats shit.” - Stephen King, Carrie.
Well, it looks like it is that time of year again. So let's get cracking with 2021's horror pop funko pics, starting with Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula!
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| Me meditating (photo by my daughter, Amber) |
