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Like Mushrooms
Like mushrooms in the moss, houses appear overnight where once deer and birds shared solitude with trees. Like ant’s single-minded march to unknown destinations we lug all we own from home to home telling ourselves this will be the last … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply
Tagged ant hills, development, moss, mushrooms, progress, solitude
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The Enchanted Wood
Walking through the enchanted wood, where nothing happens but anything could. ©Sharron R. McMillan
Moss Monster
“One gram of moss from the forest floor, a piece about the size of a muffin, would harbour 150,000 protozoa, 132,000 tardigrades, 3,000 springtails, 800 rotifers, 500 nematodes, 400 mites, and 200 fly larvae. These numbers tell us something about … Continue reading
Another Morning In Paradise
My view changesfrom dark silhouettesagainst grey backgroundto back-lit 3-D forestwith sun highlighting golden pointson mossy logs. Another morning in paradise.
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity, Spring
Tagged ferns, forest, log, morning, moss, view
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Red Breasted Sapsucker Art
Sapsucker ‘Red breasted’ Sphyrapicus ruber Frequent visitor. Subspecies of yellow bellied sapsucker found here on the Pacific Coast. Food: Sap, fruit, arthropods. it drills neat rows of holes in bark of trees, later visiting the pits to lick up sap … Continue reading
No One Wins A War
In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. ~ Joseph Chamberlain