Little Green Men!

Since I'm on the theme of wood and woody things, this seems like a good opportunity to post up our collection of Green Men... I love the Green Man image and the harking back to earlier times, maybe even way back to the early animist religions, the worshippers of which created explanations for the vagaries, the bounty and the unpredictability of their world through sprits living in the tree, rocks, bird, animals, etc, all around them. Wikipedia says: "Found in many cultures around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetative deities springing up in different cultures throughout the ages. Primarily it is interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, or "renaissance", representing the cycle of growth each spring."

We have gathered the following Green Men heads and faces over the last few years, some a bit classy, some a bit tacky!

The moss grew on this one all on its own!

Er.. that's it...

A fine sequence!

I like the progression from raw material to processed fuel, drying nicely for the winter, in these pictures from my garden! The energy of sunlight captured and stored for future use...

Sycamore in big bits

The executioner's block and axe

A good day's work done!

New life from old...

There were lots of new fern fronds uncurling out into the wide world in our fernery last weekend - one of my favourite Spring things every year in the garden...