Thursday 21 January 2016

A green brick on a grey day

Let the grey sleety rain from the grey sleety sky do its winter thing. What care we who have green moss?


This green brick works for its keep. Its job is to hold down the lid of the glass recycling bin to prevent it filling with water. At least bottles and jars don't blow out and cause a litter problem!

The moss is Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tamariscum) which, common though it is (and that's very common on the Boggy Brae), is one of my favourites. Sometimes it isn't green:


It grows on wood too



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