Autumn in Gallowhll Wood
Autumn leads into...
The previous page invited you along the paths of Gallowhill's woods, on this page the interest is more detailed: the trees of the wood and some of the organisms which live on these trees. Again the photographer cannot resist photographs of beech and snow, but there are also barks, lichens and mosses. The interest is largely aesthetic rather than botanic, please forgive an inexactitude for names. This page concludes the collection devoted to Gallowhill. The next picture posting page returns to Vietnam, and to its most northerly
province - Hà Giang.
...winter, and the stronger winds cause damage
The full sculptural value of oaks is revealed when the leaves have fallen,
and space and light are brought to the woods...
...But much of Gallowhill (and similarly for all of Galloway) was farmed with Sitka spruce,
"crack through which the light gets in," can be found
the dark ranks of trees allow few other species to flourish. But there are photos to be had, if a
Snow can convert everything to an opportunity
And glades are always enticing
Beech showing off their potential for lithe form
Evidence that others plod through the snow, maybe also in search of photographs
Snow with a touch of green and orange
For contrast: autumn larch saplings
Young beech clinging to their leaves, offering a splash (more than a touch) of colour
Sun catching the furrowed bark of an oak tree
An old oak with a green tinge of moss
The smooth, and moss-covered, trunk of a beech
Another type of moss on a beech
Now a confession, lichens (maybe above)...
...can be hard to disentangle from moss (maybe above). So I offer these photos purely for their aesthetic charms
A little snow to help forget taxonomy
Well clad anyway!
Here moss is patent, as are the fungi...
...less familiar this red fruited lichen, cladonia-coccifera
My bet is on lichens
Here again, snow saves blushes of ignorance
And here maybe a punt on lichens
Wild (well maybe feral) honeysuckle
Larch needles
The last word goes to a purely aesthetic photograph
Trailers...
The next Picture Posting
page takes you back to Vietnam, and the 'Hà Giang Collection' - specifically to the Bắc Mê District of that province.
The next page
of the Mosaic Section is headed 'Rhizomes'.
Or go to the contents Go to the contents of the Mosaic Section. of the Mosaic Section. The layout on this page is a little delicate, and I am afraid will not work on a phone, I hope you can enjoy it even without a monitor.
The last page had photos of pathways on Gallowhill
To Iceland and some of its floral colour
To the perfectly manicured Jurong Botanic Gardens of Singapore
...guide to this site