Empires slowly being turned to dust, it's a beautiful thought. It's interesting isn't it that as soft, round warm beings we build a world around us the complete opposite. Moss is one of the joys of my life, oooooh a book recommendation here if you haven't read it is 'The signature of all things' by Elizabeth Gilbert, one of my faves XX
Delightful writing Lisa. I’ve always loved moss, fungi and lichen too and the way they attach their spores onto and into every crevice and space they can find. There’s been lots of moss in between my pavers this year due to our wet winter, and I’m very careful not to sweep it away when getting rid of all the possum poo every morning. Sadly, it will soon disappear as Spring weather warms the pavers and there is less moisture and rain about. It’s only our third day of Spring and it’s going to be 25°! 💚🌿☀️
I love the photos and your thoughts on how nature always moves toward softening what humans create. Your post has prompted me to go back through my photos of places I've been with overgrowth for evidence, such as Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe, England or the ruins adjacent to the Colloseum in Rome. I don't have many opportunities to witness this closer to home. Our modern structures work hard at maintaining the separation of structure and nature. But I know at some point who will win. Thanks for the thought-provoking insights.
You’ve reminded me of a little documentary I watched recently on Netflix, Sad Hill Unearthed, about local volunteers restoring the fake cemetery constructed for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Spain (stand-in for U.S. Southwest), and how in barely half a century it had virtually disappeared, reclaimed by the dry surroundings (not quite a desert). And while this “restoring” involved the removal of the soil deposit, as an attraction it does draw attention to the extraordinary setting in the mountains near Burgos and I suppose in some ways is similar, say, to excavating a Viking settlement.
Empires slowly being turned to dust, it's a beautiful thought. It's interesting isn't it that as soft, round warm beings we build a world around us the complete opposite. Moss is one of the joys of my life, oooooh a book recommendation here if you haven't read it is 'The signature of all things' by Elizabeth Gilbert, one of my faves XX
Delightful writing Lisa. I’ve always loved moss, fungi and lichen too and the way they attach their spores onto and into every crevice and space they can find. There’s been lots of moss in between my pavers this year due to our wet winter, and I’m very careful not to sweep it away when getting rid of all the possum poo every morning. Sadly, it will soon disappear as Spring weather warms the pavers and there is less moisture and rain about. It’s only our third day of Spring and it’s going to be 25°! 💚🌿☀️
I love the photos and your thoughts on how nature always moves toward softening what humans create. Your post has prompted me to go back through my photos of places I've been with overgrowth for evidence, such as Hailes Abbey near Winchcombe, England or the ruins adjacent to the Colloseum in Rome. I don't have many opportunities to witness this closer to home. Our modern structures work hard at maintaining the separation of structure and nature. But I know at some point who will win. Thanks for the thought-provoking insights.
Absolutely love mosses, lichens, ferns - all these agents of softening. 💚
So gorgeous! I did most of my tramping around in the wilderness before smartphones/great cameras, unfortunately!
You’ve reminded me of a little documentary I watched recently on Netflix, Sad Hill Unearthed, about local volunteers restoring the fake cemetery constructed for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Spain (stand-in for U.S. Southwest), and how in barely half a century it had virtually disappeared, reclaimed by the dry surroundings (not quite a desert). And while this “restoring” involved the removal of the soil deposit, as an attraction it does draw attention to the extraordinary setting in the mountains near Burgos and I suppose in some ways is similar, say, to excavating a Viking settlement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrEQPe7l6zU
And for all this, nature is never spent;
Softening the hard edges 💚 💫