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249/365 Droplets

06 Friday Sep 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, nature

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#365DaysWild, feather, rain drops, water droplets, water on feather

Water, and the way it interacts with other materials, can be fascinating. Take the water droplets on this feather, for example.

190906 water on feather (1)

Considering there weren’t any droplets on the surrounding dirt or grass, I’m not exactly sure why the water is clinging to the feather in this way. Presumably it has something to do with the structure of the feather itself, the miniscule hooks and barbs that hold the feather together and help to keep a bird waterproof. It certainly was lovely to look at.

190906 water on feather (2)

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62/365 Moist moss

03 Sunday Mar 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, nature, weather

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moss, moss growing on brick wall, rain drops, water droplets on moss

With Storm Freya blasting us today, I only managed an hour’s stomp between rain bands but even that was difficult, trying to walk back up the hill from the marina into a 25mph head wind. My head was down, which was probably how I spotted these lovely bands of moss on top of a brick wall. It was interesting how the moss was only growing in strips where the mortar butted up against the terracotta bricks, not on the mortar or the bricks themselves. It sure looked pretty covered in rain drops.

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