tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23818283.post-84594036027967353602008-03-08T16:11:00.009Z2008-03-08T16:48:32.841Z<div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LCNAJEKaI/AAAAAAAAAao/_w9-7gZW4eU/s1600-h/20080308+Killingan+Wood+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175412450434230690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LCNAJEKaI/AAAAAAAAAao/_w9-7gZW4eU/s400/20080308+Killingan+Wood+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LB6wJEKZI/AAAAAAAAAag/mZU0UMnpnHw/s1600-h/20080308+Killingan+Wood+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175412136901618066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LB6wJEKZI/AAAAAAAAAag/mZU0UMnpnHw/s400/20080308+Killingan+Wood+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LBlAJEKYI/AAAAAAAAAaY/Fp6tMwGeXwY/s1600-h/20080308+Killingan+Wood+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175411763239463298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LBlAJEKYI/AAAAAAAAAaY/Fp6tMwGeXwY/s400/20080308+Killingan+Wood+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LBOgJEKXI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/TU-wOONm36E/s1600-h/20080308+Killingan+Wood+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175411376692406642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LBOgJEKXI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/TU-wOONm36E/s400/20080308+Killingan+Wood+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LAiwJEKWI/AAAAAAAAAaI/WrkU52gYqA8/s1600-h/20080308+Killingan+Wood+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175410625073129826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LAiwJEKWI/AAAAAAAAAaI/WrkU52gYqA8/s400/20080308+Killingan+Wood+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175413262183049650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_CiuaRAVNwYs/R9LC8QJEKbI/AAAAAAAAAaw/itASbQ3WBFI/s400/20080308+Killingan+Radula+complanata+7.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Today with my seventieth birthday fast approaching I decided I should take a bit more excercise, so I went for a walk in the wood up the road. The hawthorns and a few hornbeams are leafing, the anemones are out (though rather few this year) and the leaves on the early purple orchids are well-advanced. I took a few photos - of a liverwort new to me (but quite common), <strong>even scalewort </strong>(<em>Radula complanata</em>)<em> </em>growing on an ash trunk in round patches at chest height; I visited the <strong>spurge-laurel</strong> (<em>Daphne laureola</em>) which seems to be doing rather well this year. I photographed a patch of anemones, a patch of polypody fern, a toppling tree with orange <em>Trentepohlia</em> algae, and I found a small, battered, red plastic hedgehog deep in the litter. It reminded me strongly of 'Wilson', Tom Hanks's volleyball mascot in the film Cast Away. There is a link <a href="http://www.indyprops.com/pp-wilson.htm">here</a>. I brought my 'Wilson' home and have installed it in part of my Square Metre project. I am sure it all has a deeper meaning linked to chaos theory.</div></div></div></div></div></div>Patrick Roperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05656486045726647263noreply@blogger.com