The Calm after the Storm

I took this photo the morning the storms arrived - can you see the whirlwind rising into the sky?

Today everything has calmed down, thank goodness - so I thought I would take a walk round the village and see if much damage had been done.  The lanes were littered with branches - good news for those of us with wood-burning stoves. Gathered a big armful of kindling on my way round.

I found this row of Elder trees all leaning very precariously, they were mostly dead - well, if they weren't, they are now.

I also found several freshly dug Badger holes all around their sett - they obviously wanted to get further underground out of the wind.

Amazingly, this Rowan tree with pink berries, managed to hang on to them all despite the gusts.

And this Gorse bush was a welcoming sunny sight after being stuck indoors for most of the week.

Back at home I spotted these Raspberries defying the winter cold.

And this Jews Ear Fungus which had decided to sprout on one of the logs in the store.  Gruesome or beautiful - I can't make my mind up.

The wind has also lifted the roofing felt on our shed, so that will need repairing, before the wind can do any more damage.  If it's not one thing it's another!  Hey ho.