Lichens and liking Macron

Lichen at about 20x magnification

Picked up some fallen sticks on a walk today to try some lichen photography under the stereomicroscope. Preliminary results were promising but needs another attempt.

A shining light on the horizon - or rather across the Channel, as Emmanuel Macron decisively wins the presidential election in France. Whilst the darkness that is the far-right might fester and re-vitalise itself in the future, this is at least the second vote of more rational common sense and unity, rather than divisiveness in European elections.