Currently we are being warned of a potential disaster for ash trees in the UK. The Chalara fraxinea fungus may cause millions of ash trees to be lost from what is becoming known as 'ash die back.'
The tree in my first picture is an ash tree that is somewhat the worse for wear, battered by storms and apparently dead.
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| Dead Ash Tree - Kirklevington hedgerow |
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This tree is not a victim of ash die back as there has been no cases reported in the area. However on closer inspection the tree is not as dead as it looks supporting as it does -
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| Fungus on the trunk |
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| Beefsteak fungus |
The tree's bark may be the worse for wear but the fungi are not.
This little fellow has appeared before when Carmi's theme was red but he was definitely somewhat worse for wear when he flew into our lounge window early one morning.
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| Lesser spotted woodpecker |
He recovered after a while a flew away, but not in a very straight line.
Recovering but still groggy
We can't claim to have had the winds of Hurricane Sandy but a Cornish storm had this effect on a garden shed.
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| Fowey 2008 |
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I've written about my daughter's dogs before. Currently Lily is somewhat sorry for herself.
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| Lily (plus Elizabethan collar) |
This was after an overnight stay at an animal hospital where she went somewhat worse for wear with a nasty injury.
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| Lily's back leg |
She was found in this condition when my daughter arrived home from work. We have still to established how it happened.
