A Walk in the Woods

I love lichen on trees. Also I remember now why I prefer to walk on the beach and not in the bush.

While out for a walk in bushland taking photos of fungi, flowers, tree bark etc I also managed to stand in a gang of bull ants. After doing quite a dance to get rid of them and stop them climbing up my legs I still managed to get bitten by a couple of them and they bloody well hurt too.

On our return home David felt something tickling his head and discovered that he had brought a tick home with him. Luckily he found it before it dug itself in.

I think I will stick to walking on the beach for a while and give bushland a miss. If I do return to the bush I will stay on the paths.

I will be posting photos from our walk in the woods over the next week and this is the first shot.

[Gosia]

I like the lichen's pattern on the trunks.

[Ethel]

I want to go there. fav. I'm a tick , leach and march fly girl. So far have avoided ants, though

[Sam]

Bull ants and ticks - not a good weekend Babs!

[Peter]

Wonderful tones and textures Babs:)

[Beryl Lloyd]

Love the lichen patterns on the tree trunks ,but I think I would rather to admire them from afar than encounter all of the mentioned nasties -- Keep tp the lovely beaches Babs

[Hazel]

Well, was the lovely shot worth the nasties?!

[Joyce]

Don't envy you the insects but the trees are beautiful Babs

[Wylie]

lovely shot and nice processing. Ticks are bad at the moment. Lost count of how many we picked up last weekend at the coast - and they did burrow in! :(

[sally agnew]

Bull ants are aggressive nasty arse critters and I cannot see that they provide any earthly purpose other than harassing us. I feel your pain Babs. Nice shot BTW :)

[leggzy]

It looks like a fairly dense wood. Shame about the bull ants & tick....if I lived near the beach, I know where I'd be walking :)

[Valerie Chesney]

Wonderful lichen & tree trunk capture....so sorry about the ants & ticks...Would have been quite a dance!!!

[Margo]

Love the trees

[Denise Wood]

Wonderful :)

[Richard Brown]

Nice shot I have similar problem visiting Rutland Water every time I go I usually come back with a lot of mosquito bites! Fortunately no bull ants over here...

[Helen Jane]

That is some considerable agro you went through for this charming shot. I can see your reservations about going back but I am looking forward to the rest of your woodland shots.

[Diana Moss]

The trees look beautiful , but I would stick to the sea shore

[Caroline]

What misadventures Babs, oh no! I've never encountered bull ants, I'm sorry they're so painful. The trees look so nice though :)

[Merrelyn]

The lichen makes such lovely patterns, sorry to hear of your misadventures :)

[Louise]

I love lichen too. Great shot.

[gloria jones]

Neat shot, lines, textures

[Jane Morley]

Fabulous colours. Fav because of the textures too.

[Leana Niemand]

How lovely.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice lines,textures and lichens, super capture

[Taffy]

This is wonderful -- a great way to use texture to create the final result -- it's beautifully composed.

[Sarah Munnings]

I think the beach is my perfect place to walk, but this photo is rather beautiful

[Pat Knowles]

Beautiful lichen covered tree trunks but I would definitely steer clear of all that woodland wildlife! Is there any danger of snakes too?

[Jen Hudson]

Fascinating to see how covered the trees are. Like how you have shown them. Shame you can't walk freely in the bush land.

[Jen Hudson]

This actually looks really good on black too.

[Sally Ings]

The lichen gives a great texture to the trees

[Islandgirl]

Lovely textures!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great shot and I love the textures.

[Kahsia]

Nice trees photo. I look forward to more photos from your walk.

[Yao RL]

Love walking in the woods, so serene.

[Jerome]

great shot! fantastic! beautiful. fav

[tony gig]

Grand shot of nature...Fav

[Babs]

@ethelperry David seems to attract them all. He has a really bad reaction to march flies especially too.

[Babs]

@gigiflower Hello Sam, good to hear from you. Hope you are well.

[Babs]

@beryl @quietpurplehaze @thistle It was still a lovely walk in spite of the nasties.

[Babs]

@pusspup David always attracts ticks.

[Babs]

@hermann The pain has gone now. I lathered the bites in Stingoes.

[Babs]

@leggzy David was looking for birds to photograph and I just followed. I'll stick to the paths in future, or at least the well trodden bits of bush.

[Babs]

@happysnaps Ha ha, it was an impressive dance

[Babs]

@rjb71 We usually leave the bush at mozzie time, or cover ourselves with aerogard.

[Babs]

@helenhall I can usually avoid bull ants because they are easy to spot. It is just that I was crouched down taking a photo of fungi and didn't see them. David regularly finds ticks though, or rather they find him, ha ha.

[Babs]

@snowy Probably a wise move Diana.

[Babs]

@kerosene @merrelyn @jennywren Thanks. David regularly collects a tick, touch wood they leave me alone and the bull ants I usually spot, but I was taking photos and missed seeing them.

[Babs]

@happypat Thanks Pat. Yes there is a possibility of snakes. Usually red bellied black snakes in this area, but they generally stay away from people.

[Nicole Campbell]

You had a big adventure, beautiful capture of the trees.

[8yearson]

Beautiful image Babs, really makes me want to be there, but not with ants and ticks! David was lucky he retrieved that tick from his head, they are very nasty insects indeed.

[Jodie]

Such wonderful lichen on these trees, great shot

[Sue Cooper]

A fabulous shot. I love it.

[Gillian]

Fabulous textures.

[Stephanie]

Pretty lichen and trees. I am so sorry to read of what happened though :( I remember as a kid being attacked by red ants - that hurt and I hate ticks with a vengeance - had to pull them off the dogs a few times! I hope you are both ok now.

[Paul]

Sounds like quite an episode you've both had there. A nice capture though. Lovely coloring on the tree trunks 😉

[Jennifer]

lovely shot but quite an adventure

[Ivan]

Nice textures...

[Rachel]

I love the colours of the lichen on the trees. My biggest fear waling through the bush are the snakes.

[Dave59]

Great textures and lines:)

[Kathy A]

I like the textures and the lines however not sure about the ticks and ants.