There seems to be a certain amount of viscosity. I mean that I'm slow moving and sort of stuck.
But I have some tree news. I went to visit some horse chestnuts who were weakened by fungi. The forest research people wanted samples of the fungi as while one of them (they could see from the photographs I submitted) is known to harm these trees, the other was unusual. Anyway, there's me in the middle of a roundabout sawing through very tough fungal fruiting bodies with a penknife. No one seemed to notice. I wrapped up the samples in newspaper and, once home, boxed them up to send.
In the post office, the man asked what I was sending and as soon as I mentioned they were samples from a tree, he was very interested. Turns out he'd studied trees at school. He wanted to work in forestry but then ended up studying business at university. He's French... so. wait, do French school children learn about trees in school? He knew about tree diseases and so on. It was impressive.
These trees, one of them especially, were huge. A few hundred years old, I'd have thought. It's sad that they have lost their main stems.
These tiny leaves were coming out on one of the huge fallen stems.
That, above right, is a burr, which has broken through. This wood, imagine it, polished, would be so beautiful.
The next day, I hijacked my own run... and I think that a holly tree had called me.
I found myself watching the holly video several times and listening to your words. BTW I have NEVER seen a holly like that holly. Our hollies are bushes not trees.... Yes, you certainly did have tree news - with the photos, fungus samples and all. Interesting how one thing leads to another when paying careful attention to the living world.