Heroes Not Zombies

Dawn over CDG, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Just back this morning from a trip to Tokyo and I took this shot out of the plane window at Charles De Gaulle airport at dawn today

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moss, originally uploaded by bobsee.

This almost looks like a shot of the bottom of a pond but its not. I took it of moss while I was lying on the forest floor.
There’s an astonishing variety of mosses in a very small space when you look carefully.

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fungi, originally uploaded by bobsee.

While lying on the forest floor I saw this little yellow fungus pushing its way through the mulch of leaves and seeds.
It’s lovely to see the variety of fungi in the forest at this time of year

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Forest Floor, originally uploaded by bobsee.

I took a walk in a nearby forest at the weekend and you know how I have suggested one way of becoming more aware is to look up, or look down, and take a camera with you to capture what you see?
Well, I looked down and saw the forest floor like this – a profusion of nutshells, seeds, leaves and twigs. It looked good enough to lie down on.
It was.
It was soft and comfortable and smelled wonderfully woody and earthy.
I took some photos while I was down there

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rosehip.JPG, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Out for a walk today in a forest and spied this rosehip just next to the path. I love the colour of it (and the thistle in the background helps locate the photo to Scotland, doesn’t it?)
Do you gather rosehips, or any other fruits from the forest?

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A little flower, originally uploaded by bobsee.

As I walked through the park these tiny little flowers caught my eye. Despite my great love of plants, I’m dreadful at knowing their names! Anyone know what this is?
But look at the detail!
I can lose myself for AGES in this flower!

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Birch, originally uploaded by bobsee.

There are a lot of Birch trees in Scotland. I like them.
But what really struck me about this tree was its shape so I took the photo this way to show its silhouette.
What are your favourite trees?

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Seeded web, originally uploaded by bobsee.

I love the idea of webs. It reminds me of Deleuze’s metaphor of the rhizome – the sprawling root system of a plant with no centre and no core – defined by its connections. It’s the metaphor of the network, of communities, of collaboration and inter-independence.
This particular web is stunning because it is thickly coated in wind-blown seeds.
The image of seeds, and the image of the web, entwined like this is exciting. It suggests connections, beginnings and endings.
Look at it again – it’s like a fairy hammock – maybe that’s what it is! A place for fairies to relax and chill out – what do you think, Amy? A nice relaxing bed for your fairies (after they’ve done with all that coughing and scaring the tourists!!?)

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Honeysuckle, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Can’t you almost smell this?
What’s your favourite scent?
I love the scent of honeysuckle. In fact, I love the scents of most flowers but lilies I can’t be near. The smell is overpowering for me. Makes me instantly nauseous. A strange thing but I’ve met several other people who share exactly the same experience.
I wonder what it is that makes some scents attractive and others disturbing?

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