I had never heard of the pareidolia phenomenon before Julie wrote her blog post about it but I’ve definitely experienced it! Here’s one of my favorites – a true gentleman that you encounter only by going the opposite direction on the forest path. He’s part mushroom, part tree, and part moss (a common enough mixture in these woods) but the pieces add up to a great composition that greets me on my second left turn and makes me feel safe on this jaunt.

Another one I’ll add is this formally known as a tree now called spidey stump.

Crawling under the sidewalk and house foundation disrupting the sewer and water pipes, sadly this 50+ year old specimen had to go in order to save the 100+ year old house