Thanks, Julie. Back atcha for the new year. At long last, breaks of sun today. Give the pup a scratch in the right places for us. Next week, I'll try to get more folks sharing photos of liverworts, gulls, and whatever else comes their way on the long, green path!
I had never heard the term liverworts until last year when I saw a “green thing” on the side of a tree. Posted it to iNaturaliast - bazinger! Interesting “stuff”. 😍
This is a particularly nice post, Bryan. The Berry poem is a wonderful bonus. I need to pin that on my wall (or in my brain). It took me straight to a pond where, this summer, kayaking with Nick, we stopped paddling our kayaks to enjoy the peace -- and then had a loon family emerge on either side of us: papa 20 meter to our right, mama and youngster just 10 feet to our left. For the next few minutes they traded calls as we drifted along together. A moment of great beauty and peace smack in the middle of a horrible, horrible year.
Peace in your house, dear friend. Let’s get out sometime.
Moments like that -- basically all the respite I need. I'm glad it came to you and Nick. I'm wishing for you a better year all-around. (And when we come indoors, the office bar is always open!)
So until the extinction of our species, or at least until the extinction of us, Brian and I wish you another year of wonderful, beautiful, and informative writings and musings about nature around us!!
Wonderful, Bryan! I love how my world opens up the more I know the names and lives of the creatures and plants I share space with. Thanks for sharing the lives of the liverwort. ♥️
I've got a well-marked-up copy of The World-Ending Fire. I so want to find a free week to spend with it again -- to be inspired by it (and maybe to steal a few of its ideas). 😀
Similar to my experiences with slimes. Unnoticed in times past. Opened a new exploration of my woods. And life. I agree with your musings of extinction. We do what we can. We still find peace in nature. I wish you time, love, and adventures in the days ahead.
This is so true, even more so with mosses! So much to learn out there. It's kind of an irony of nature -- even as we abuse it, it nevertheless offers us endless discoveries.
Beautiful--and fascinating. I so appreciate your enthusiasm, curiosity, knowledge, and writing. Loved the bonus Berry poem--it’s now up on my poetry pole to start the new year!
The perfect mix of science and awe!
And no flowers to complicate our notions of sexual selection. 😀 😜 (More on that later.)
I loved this! We can all learn a lot from the enduring qualities of Bryophytes.
Two flagella! Who knew? 😀
What else - of course 😉
Botanist Grace tells me that that green sporophyte is photosynthetic!
Happy New Year Bryan! I wish you and Ruth and Odin much peace and curiosity out there in 2024.
❤️I can connect to The Peace of Wild Things so completely ❤️
Presently I’m headed out with my dog to look for birds (and definitely liverworts... I haven’t ever noticed them either👍)
Thanks, Julie. Back atcha for the new year. At long last, breaks of sun today. Give the pup a scratch in the right places for us. Next week, I'll try to get more folks sharing photos of liverworts, gulls, and whatever else comes their way on the long, green path!
Strangers in the night 😉
I had never heard the term liverworts until last year when I saw a “green thing” on the side of a tree. Posted it to iNaturaliast - bazinger! Interesting “stuff”. 😍
Thanks, Rita! We could spend a lifetime with the green things growing on tree trunks!
Pretty Cool, I couldn't wait to forward this to you.
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Thanks, Patrick. I wanna be there!
It's an easy way to make smarter humans.
This is a particularly nice post, Bryan. The Berry poem is a wonderful bonus. I need to pin that on my wall (or in my brain). It took me straight to a pond where, this summer, kayaking with Nick, we stopped paddling our kayaks to enjoy the peace -- and then had a loon family emerge on either side of us: papa 20 meter to our right, mama and youngster just 10 feet to our left. For the next few minutes they traded calls as we drifted along together. A moment of great beauty and peace smack in the middle of a horrible, horrible year.
Peace in your house, dear friend. Let’s get out sometime.
Moments like that -- basically all the respite I need. I'm glad it came to you and Nick. I'm wishing for you a better year all-around. (And when we come indoors, the office bar is always open!)
So until the extinction of our species, or at least until the extinction of us, Brian and I wish you another year of wonderful, beautiful, and informative writings and musings about nature around us!!
Marci
So kind of you, Marci. Thanks! Back atcha to you and Brian!
Yay Liverworts!
They speak TO trees!
I’m sorry did you say Liverwurst?
Couldn’t resist.
May the stars shine bright upon you and yours .
Thank you for educating us in such an interesting and humorous way.
Yeah, liverworts are botanically cool and linguistically funny.
Wonderful, Bryan! I love how my world opens up the more I know the names and lives of the creatures and plants I share space with. Thanks for sharing the lives of the liverwort. ♥️
You are most welcome, Holly. Thanks for reading. (And I'm somewhat envious of your road life.)
My god, I love this. And of course, related, the only poem I have pinned above my desk is Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace.”
I've got a well-marked-up copy of The World-Ending Fire. I so want to find a free week to spend with it again -- to be inspired by it (and maybe to steal a few of its ideas). 😀
Similar to my experiences with slimes. Unnoticed in times past. Opened a new exploration of my woods. And life. I agree with your musings of extinction. We do what we can. We still find peace in nature. I wish you time, love, and adventures in the days ahead.
Slime molds are so on my agenda!
I copied that poem onto a piece of birchbark and read it often to life my spirit.
Once you notice liverworts they are "suddenly" everywhere in thei tiny splendor!
May 2024 bring hope
This is so true, even more so with mosses! So much to learn out there. It's kind of an irony of nature -- even as we abuse it, it nevertheless offers us endless discoveries.
Beautiful--and fascinating. I so appreciate your enthusiasm, curiosity, knowledge, and writing. Loved the bonus Berry poem--it’s now up on my poetry pole to start the new year!
Thanks so much, Kelly. Yeah, it's one of those enduring poems. Gets me every time.