Star-Shaped Mushroom

This picture was taken a few months ago and our human has forgotten about it till some interesting fungi was sighted the last few days.

This Star-Shaped Mushroom was just beside the path next to a fallen rotting trunk.

Delicately Hanging!

Recent thunderstorms brought down many trees.
Our human saw this big broken branch and it looked like it was suspended in mid-air.

Wanting to show how big the branch was, our human placed the left hand as comparison and accidentally touched it softly.
That whole branch started swaying!
Our human quickly snapped this picture and ran off resulted in a rather blurred photo.

At a safe distance, our human stopped to see the picture to figure out how it was suspended.

Beautiful Monkeys/Langurs!

One early morning last week during the walk, our human was lucky to meet a troop of monkeys, probably a family.

These are dusky leaf monkeys, also known as Spectacled Langurs.

The brave one was in front while the others hid behind branches and leaves.

So happy to see them, our human stood still not moving a muscle and only looked up smiling (not grinning broadly for fear that it may be interpreted as a threat).

That brave one came down close to look, so close that our human could touch its long tail; still our human never moved.

It then leaped on to the next tree. One by one the rest of the troop leapt over our human sprinkling leaves, bits of bark and other stuff in the process.

Meeting them made our human's day!

Mirage!

Three people, inclusive of our human, reached the peak. The male hiker brought his wife who hikes occasionally.

After resting a while, his wife pointed and exclaimed, "monitor lizard!"

The man and our human jumped up immediately, turned to look at where her finger was pointed.

The man who has a laid-back character sauntered towards it.

Wanting to snap its photo, our human quickly whispered audibly not to frighten it. The man stopped in his tracks.

Not to spook that creature, our human started to approach cautiously moving sideways like a "crab" trying to hide and blend in with the adjacent tree trunks, ready to flee the second that creature moved.

Monitor lizards can run really fast!

A few minutes passed; it did not move. Our human and friends exchanged perplexed glances.

Decided to find out, our human and male hiker carefully crept towards it. Nearing it and upon realising what it was, both let out hearty laughs. He then told his wife, who was some distance away, that the monitor lizard's body was an exposed tree root above ground and its tail was a broken small branch brought down from the previous day's thunderstorm that fell on the right spot!

His wife laughed; the three laughed heartily together.

PS: This happened on Wednesday morning. It is good that we could laugh at our own silliness and it is better to be safe than sorry, always.

The Throne!

This is at the top of the hill (approximately 440 metres) which our human goes for daily morning walks.
Our human do not know but believed that it was probably assembled by one creative and playfully mischievous hiker.
Anyone care or brave enough to sit on this nature's 'throne'?