Fungi

I had almost forgotten about these pictures taken when we went to the Welsh Botanic Gardens.  There was an exhibition all about fungi and it was enhanced by an exhibition of embroidered ones made by a group called 'Stitching Bs' who meet in the garden on the first Wednesday of each month.

Llanelli Wetland Centre

We stopped off here for a cup of coffee on Wednesday last week and what a treat it was. We only planned to have a break for half an hour and stayed most of the afternoon.

 Woven willow walk which leads to the Boardwalk Hide on the edge of the lagoon

 Heron's Wind Hige which overlooks the deep water lake in the wild part of the reserve

 What wonderful textures....

 Lots of lichen growing on the trees and

 lots and lots of orchids growing in the wild part of the reserve.

This little chap was in the churchyard of the town where we stayed for the night.

Wales

had a couple of nights away this week and we visited the National Botanic Garden of Wales.  What a wonderful place.

 This is the outside of the dome.  It has oblong windows unlike the Eden Project ones.

 I found a bug house in one of the gardens

and even some textile mushrooms.  I will post pictures of these another day, but could not resist the notice in Welsh and its translation into English

There was also lots of sculpture and this lovely chap was one of the pieces.