30 Days Wild; Day 13 & 14 Its all in the detail!

Its all in the detail!

Day 13

Trying to identify this mushroom we came across this morning. Actually it was my husband who said 'theres a mushroom up there beside the cabin you need to photograph'. I'm not sure what kind of mushroom this is but what is catching on  is this 30 days wild! 

My son loves looking throughthe microscope  Today we examined a nettle tip and a spiders leg (already dead) ; you can see even curly hairs on the spiders legs. 

Spider's leg

                                    

 What really caught his attention was the nettle, seeing the fibres on the edges and then when he saw the stinger of the nettle he was awestruck. This is obviously what I need to do to engage an 11 year old boy.

His random act of wildness was to map the garden and the wildflife. Still awaiting the finished masterpiece.

Nettle tip

I think the birds are almost talking to me now, just love hearing them and seeing them, but they seem to be singing louder or maybe thats because i am noticing them more.
I was reflecting today about the experience with my son in seeing the nettle tip for the first time. The awe and wonder in his eyes is often something we as adults don't allow ourselves to unleash. We tie ourselves up in knots thinking about complicated things when life needs to be seen simply through the eyes of a child.

Day 14

I just looked at the most magnificent video of people rescuing a young humpback whale. Thanks to a woman called Eileen who posted it on the 30 days wild facebook page.

While writing these blogs I'm not writing them to become famous but seeing it as a diary for 30 days wild. Also one of the main reasons is to keep myself accountable regarding writing to my family and myself in a sense. I just love writing, observing, writing, experiencing,writing, reflecting, writing. I need to write to be me. The only audience I need with regard to these blogs is my hubby, beyond that is a lovely surprise when I see how many pageviews theres been.

Wild Yarrow In the middle of one of our garden bushes.

Saw this plant above and had already seen it in a book so I was excited to find it in my garden. It is called Yarrow or Milfoil (Achillea Milfoilium L.) Its latin name is suposedly derived from an 'ancient Greek doctor called Achillos who is said to have cured a seriously wounded warrior called Teleph' (Wild flowers, Ferns  & Grasses by Octopus) . The yarrow absorbs alot of nutrients and has been used to treat a variety of ailments as a result. I must learn more about it!

Yarrow feom a wider view

My son noticed a wild poppy in the middle of our wild potato patch and was very excited about it. It still had its hat on!

Wld poppy just after emerging, stil looks like she has her fuzzy hat on.

So we ended the day looking at an episode of Springwatch. Oh please can I have a pet puffin. I would love to see these in reality, I saw them as a very young child in the Saltee Islands Co.Wexford Ireland. I think itll be too late to catch a glance of them at the beginning of August. Another project for next year perhaps??!!