Fungus and Catkins

Had another lovely but decidedly soggy walk in the field today and, despite it being January, there is still so much going on with broom in flower, catkins on trees and leaf buds in evidence. I guess a hard frost will put an end to some of it but enjoyable whilst it's here..

Beautiful fungus... going to need a fungus book for identification purposes!

After walk, home to warm toes by the log burner, still a novelty having only been installed just before Christmas. Who needs TV when you have one of these? New house will definitely need one of these, though wondering about having a wood burning stove for cooking too...