Dead mans fingers..

emerging ..

Day 294 #365DaysWild

Rain greeted me this morning just as it had closed yesterday.

We are in the wettest period on record.

With temperatures higher than ever recorded.

Atmospheric pollution is now 421.9 parts per million (ppm).

The safe level is deemed 350ppm.

The pre-industrial average was 280ppm.

Discussion of climate change and its' impacts seems perfunctory at best. There are still deniers.

It is difficult not to feel bleak for now and for the generations that follow.

The government is broken, with apparently every service on its knees.

Here, Dead mans fingers fungus is emerging from some of the wood rotting in the Woodland Garden.

Fruiting fungus are fascinating and hugely diverse. This one is unique in my limited experience.

Desperate grasping fingers bringing to mind that awful scene with Glenda Jackson above the grate in the film The Music Lovers..

Our exploitation of the earth seems unstoppable. Our grasping hands wringing the life force out of nature.

A metaphor for our age?

Today feels bleak.