A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
Apr 19, 2007
As most of you know, I spend the majority of my time in the Pacific Northwest. I travel thousands of miles every month, across a territory that is vast and beautiful. There is SO MUCH to see, although most of the landscape whizzes by at 65 mph.
But, by far, the strangest thing I've seen is the moss. Out here, moss doesn't so much as grow as it invades. Anything stationary grows moss. Stones. Trees. Pavement. Houses. Cars.
And what's really weird is that the moss growth forms its own little ecosystem. I nearly ran off the road a few days ago, craning my neck to see a garage completely covered in moss, huge ferns, and a small tree. There might have been a deer. Definitely birds and probably a family of chipmunks.
*shudder*
It's a good thing I don't sit still for very long.
