I had a dental appointment this morning - had my upper left wisdom tooth extracted. Now in "sick bay" watching #Frankenstein #tooth

Today's fungi - spotted at Joni's at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

#fungj

Spotted this fantastic mural by the legendary street artist, Phelgm.

#urban #streetart

Fungi spotted on yesterday's Sorby Natural History Fungus Group walk around Wardsend Cemetery.

#fungi #nature

Found a massive buːɡi...

#bogie #train

Yesterday's secondhand book purchases:

Lysistrata: play where women withhold sex to force men to end war.

Acharnians: a farmer makes private peace in Peloponnesian War satire.

Clouds: satire of Socrates, sophistry, and education.

Later Caesars: Bios. of 3rd–4th c. Roman emperors, gossip-filled.

#books #greekliterature #romanempire

As always I'm habitually early for the start of the monthly litter pick, however I've found shelter in a nearby bus stop....and I have a book.

#book #aesthetics #beauty 📚

A young tree is slowly being killed, if it's not already dead, by honey fungus.

#fungi #nighttime

Spotted on the lawn - a very tiny galerina, possibly G. hypnorum.

#fungi #mushroom #grass

Clouds ripple like sand on a beach.

#cloud #morning

stillness surrounds graves /
decayed foliage disturbed /
a fungus is a found

#haiku #fungi #nature

This is a fascinating analysis on the gradual development of medieval thought focusing on particular on the rise of the ascending theory of governance and how mediaeval thought far from being fossilised and an antiquarian provides the genetic link modern notions of democracy and civic rights.

#books #reading #history #middleage #politicalhistory

I had a lovely morning exploring a local cemetery in search of fungi with the Sorby Natural History Society. It is amazing what beauty and magnificence is hidden away in the undergrowth.

#fungi #naturalhistory #nature

Office passive aggression.

#officefun #passiveaggresion

#Pigs.