Mossy!

I love moss. Well, I love green, everything green, so naturally moss is on the list. But add that luxurious texture, like this...

And I just can't get enough. The photo above was taken at Portland's Japanese Garden last fall. Imagine a bathroom rug of moss like that. Wouldn't it be wonderful to step out of the shower onto a carpet of moss?

I discovered this mossy rock on a neighborhood walk.

Ditto for this one, with it's lichen trumpets.

This patch of moss has been growing in one of our driveway stock tanks, since I rescued it off a sidewalk. I'm sure the little seedlings are weeds, but right now they're awfully cute.

This patch is near one of our gutter downspouts.

On the cement blocks next to the driveway.

And the cracks in the driveway...

Ha! This is supposed to be lawn, but right now it's primarily moss.

Next to the garage...

And along the sidewalk.

Moss and lichen on one of our street trees.

They are my favorite things about our otherwise stupid street trees.

Finally, a look at a few other treasures that I've picked up on walks, a super mossy stick...

A huge (the size of my palm) lichen...

Some bark...

Here are a couple of videos, because I was feeling silly, I'll haul home anything with moss...


In case you're wondering about the flip from snow yesterday to moss today, well not all blog posts are "day of"...these photos were all taken last week, when we were still under the illustion that winter passed us by.

Weather Diary, Feb 6: Hi 39, Low 23/ Precip 0

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