Patterns and Textures

 

This surface eminded me of a rock formation, but it isn't a cliff face.

The texture of this surface below also has the appearance of rock - at least to my eyes, especially turned on its side, as here.

 

In fact both of these photos are close ups of part of this old and rotting tree stump that we came across in Walney Woods yesterday.

 

Another dead tree showed a different texture and we wondered if ants or even termites had moved in to this fallen trunk.

 

This tree was living but the bark had been damaged badly either by birds or small mammals - perhaps looking for insects, judging by the bore holes..

 

Also in the woods yesterday were a number of living trees which had been marked by human passers-by...

 

The (formerly) smooth barked beech trees, which are not common in this area, seem to have been very attractive to the would-be tree graffiti 'artists'..

 

Interestingly the larger, older trees, seemed to have 'healed' their bark a little, blurring the carvings..