Many people probably had a place like this when they were kids. I even had two: the one where I lived with my mother full-time, and the one in the village where I visited my grandfather in the summer. These were my worlds alone.
Amy, I'm sure that you know by now that the "moss" with the bright red spore caps is actually a lichen - the marvelous symbiotic conjoining of an alga and a fungus - called "British soldiers." When leading nature walks, I often used the phrase "An alga and a fungus took a likin' (lichen) to each other." Everybody groaned, but they remembered what a lichen was!
I, too, had special places as a child growing up on the southern coast of RI. I didn't have a special mountain until very recently, when I climbed Bradbury Mountain in Pownal on my 80th birthday in 2022. It's my plan to keep climbing it on my birthday every year for as long as I can!
Many people probably had a place like this when they were kids. I even had two: the one where I lived with my mother full-time, and the one in the village where I visited my grandfather in the summer. These were my worlds alone.
I love this! Just yesterday morning, in the beautiful sun, I had the opportunity just yesterday to hike at Greenwood’s Maggie’s Nature Park.
We chose the yellow loop, which offers a spectacular view from the ledges.
Truly a wonderful place!
And one that has been blessed with people who recognize, appreciate, and have preserved these areas.
I did the yellow loop at Maggie's yesterday, too! I was there around 3pm. Love that hike.
I too have a special spot in my soul for that pond and that mountain. When I think about home that is where my thoughts go first.
Amy, I'm sure that you know by now that the "moss" with the bright red spore caps is actually a lichen - the marvelous symbiotic conjoining of an alga and a fungus - called "British soldiers." When leading nature walks, I often used the phrase "An alga and a fungus took a likin' (lichen) to each other." Everybody groaned, but they remembered what a lichen was!
I, too, had special places as a child growing up on the southern coast of RI. I didn't have a special mountain until very recently, when I climbed Bradbury Mountain in Pownal on my 80th birthday in 2022. It's my plan to keep climbing it on my birthday every year for as long as I can!