Bracket Fungi and a Walk

 

Bracket fungi on a dead black beech trunk.

Each is about the size of the loop you make if you touch thumb tip and forefinger.  The trunk is about 14-16" diameter.

A certain Wee White Pirate has developed a taste for lentil soup. I took some out of the fridge to heat for my evening meal and she was suddenly awake, sitting up, pleading ... Wolfed it down.

What self-respecting dog eats lentil soup? How did she know? She ignores most of the other meal smells I generate (paella, stir fries, fritters even).

One side spouting done and a temporary downpipe leading the run-off water away from the building. That will be finished properly when the other side joins it.  We are on another heavy rain warning for the end of this week. Given that my progress is slow I didn't want a half finished job spilling water down one corner of the building- better that it is still spread out all the way along.