Trip to the jungle

My garden:



My mulch pile:

Shall the twain ever meet?

The history of these shots:

The small prop plane had to have been flying since the '30s, I was ready to puke, but it finally landed on a too-short grass strip in the middle of the jungle... no, no, that's the wrong story...

Here's the correct story:

I went outside in my bare feet because I forgot to put shoes on. Huh? How old am I? I forgot to wear shoes to go outside? Yes, that's what happened. I thought I would walk out to take the shot via the little path next to the barberry bushes, and I stepped on a thorn. It was quite painful, and I had to pull hard to get it out of my foot.