There was another break in the weather and I ventured out with camera and tripod in hand to explore the neighborhood. Today I focused mostly on mosses and lichens. There is a peaceful elegance to the chaos of the tree limbs and the burst of epiphytes that grow on them.
Perhaps to the trees, this seems like toenail fungus, but to us it looks like a carefully selected decoration designed to brighten even the bleakest day of winter.
It is way to get green living things on the barest branches. A medium for promoting optimism in the face of harsh conditions.
The way the fronds erupt from the bare limbs and the colors add to the scene give it an understated joy. Combined with the leaves in the background we get a preview of the seasonal colors we all are looking forward to.
The image below was intended to all be in focus and clearly I failed. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how the epiphytes and the tree just ignore one another as they pursue life. Isn't that how life mostly happens: Lots of people ignoring one another and yet finding that their lives are intertwined?
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