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nanila
Feb
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3rd
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2023
10:10 pm
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A strange frost-coated thingumbob on the canal towpath the other day.
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Date:
2023-02-04 12:49 am (UTC)
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shirebound
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How unusual! You might want to check the basement for pods....
Date:
2023-02-05 03:29 pm (UTC)
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nanila
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Ha, quite! O.O
Date:
2023-02-04 04:13 am (UTC)
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fred_mouse
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That is pretty much what I imagine thread from Pern to look like, burrowing in to the soil...
Date:
2023-02-05 03:30 pm (UTC)
From:
nanila
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YES! Good spot.
Date:
2023-02-04 09:54 am (UTC)
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cmcmck
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That's rather nice!
Date:
2023-02-05 03:31 pm (UTC)
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nanila
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I thought it was quite pretty, too!
Date:
2023-02-04 10:38 am (UTC)
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hairyears
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Which canal?
Looks like Bindweed roots, but the pod or tuber is wrong for that.
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Date:
2023-02-04 10:40 am (UTC)
Date:
2023-02-05 03:31 pm (UTC)
From:
nanila
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Worcester-to-Birmingham.
I thought it was a fallen bird's nest, perhaps, but didn't want to poke at it.
Date:
2023-02-06 06:49 am (UTC)
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hairyears
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Ah. I've only walked or cycled a small part of that one!
Date:
2023-02-04 11:31 am (UTC)
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cloudwrack
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Oooh, very cool (literally!)
Date:
2023-02-05 03:32 pm (UTC)
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nanila
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:D yes!
Date:
2023-02-04 02:57 pm (UTC)
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silveradept
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It is something to contemplate the universe with.
Date:
2023-02-05 03:33 pm (UTC)
From:
nanila
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If the sun had reached it I'm sure it would have instantly turned into an unremarkable bit of browny grey detritus, which is also interesting to contemplate.
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That is pretty much what I imagine thread from Pern to look like, burrowing in to the soil...
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Looks like Bindweed roots, but the pod or tuber is wrong for that.
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