Pic Today 4/2/20

SPRINGTIME HIKE

 ROCKWOODS RESERVATION

3 good reasons to get out

and visit the great nature reserve

  in Glencoe, Missouri . . .

Wild watercress,

morel mushrooms,

and the redbuds are in bloom.

Beautiful social distancing trails.

Pic Today 4/1/20

WILD DOGWOODS

So graceful 

in the April forest.

Pic Today 3/31/20

WORDS OF

INSPIRATION

Especially in times

of unforeseen catastrophe,

each of us is responsible

for our own choices.

Buddha states such wisdom

in perfect clarity.

Stay safe.

Imagine your own future.

Pic Today 3/30/20

MAGNOLIA CARPET

I love how magnolia trees

lose their beautiful pink blossoms

all at the same time.

Laying a carpet of pink

beneath her branches.

Wonderful.

Pic Today 3/29/20

LIKING LICHENS

Went for a hike in the woods,

just before the heavy rains

were due to come through.

Lots of lichen on trees and rocks.

So colorful, and definitely

not poisonous.

In Missouri, the most common forms

are "speckled shield" and "green shield"

(shown here.)

Lichens have no chlorophyll,

and are incapable of photosynthesis,

but they absorb nutrition from organic matter, 

and are not harmful to trees.

There are an estimated 17,000 varieties

world wide, and make up a substantial part

of the diet in the Arctic.