Came across this on my dog walk yesterday: clavulinopsis fusiformis—golden spindles; you can see why it is an example of a ‘coral fungus’. It is described in some places as being edible, inedible in others. I shall err on the side of caution. #RicardoPintoWalkingToby #scotland #eastlothian #fungi ...

Toby in the woods... #RicardoPintoWalkingToby #RicardoPintoToby #scotland #eastlothian #dogs #RicardoPintoMenagerie #autumn ...

#RicardoPintoWalkingToby #Scotland #eastlothian #autumn ...

This is the true colour of that lichen. #RicardoPintoWalkingToby #Scotland #eastlothian #autumn ...

We have three hives of honeybees in our garden. They’re not really ours, but a friend’s. She has imperial ambitions with her hives, and has even got herself a horse. Sometimes the hives go crazy and she has to come to hunt down the mad queen and replace her with one who doesn’t want to kill us. Sometimes the swarm in buzzing tornadoes and fly away. We take very little of their honey because what we’re after is that the little striped ladies survive the current bee crisis. #RicardoPintoMenagerie #bees #beekeeping #scotland ...