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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Primitive Tapestries
It's December. The leaves have fallen, the snow has had not, and the woods look gray and brown.
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| The view from the deck, Central Virginia |
A closer look, though, is rewarded. Nearly every tree has draped about its base a green tapestry, self-woven by mosses and lichens.
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| An especially varied example |
Even closer inspection changes the tapestry into miniature landscapes.
I'm no closer to knowing the names of these primitive plants and lichens than I was last winter, so you're own your own as to the IDs. I think for the time being, I'll just enjoy looking at them and not worry about their names.
I got a little carried away with the photographs and narrowed it down to just a few here, but the entire collection is in my December Picasa album.
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