I also just share two of your earlier posts, but for some reason there is no "share" button this one. I'd love to share it, too, so that some of my friends could enjoy your posts.
Love the way you connected the robin & the lichen, but I guess the robin did that by landing there. Such beautiful synchronicity. Lichens are my favorites of the plant world. A most overlooked underdog that’s always there. I live on a sand hill covered in reindeer lichen. ❤️
On Summerhill in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, we know when Spring has officially arrived: The Robin SINGS..exuberantly! We HAVE to go outside to see his Joy, hear his Song! Must be careful though, for he is shy; dunno why. One laundry day, as I peered out the window over the drier, I saw him pulling a worm from the dirt. Poetry Alert!!
I am currently reading 'Entangled Life' by Merlin Sheldrake. If you haven't already discovered it, I bet you would like it too. In it Sheldrake discusses lichens extensively including that they are composed of two different entities: a lichen fungus and an algal partner. The newest edition of his book has amazing color pictures too. It is a beautiful book.
Hope your day is very good! Your post got my day off to an excellent start!
I love the soundbite! It added so much.
It's not on this post, at least what I see. No horizontal line either.
I also just share two of your earlier posts, but for some reason there is no "share" button this one. I'd love to share it, too, so that some of my friends could enjoy your posts.
Beautiful. Thanks for the explanation, Diane.
Love the way you connected the robin & the lichen, but I guess the robin did that by landing there. Such beautiful synchronicity. Lichens are my favorites of the plant world. A most overlooked underdog that’s always there. I live on a sand hill covered in reindeer lichen. ❤️
The Robins usually head to southern BC
the end of March. This year they arrived the first week in February ! They’re two months early !
Wonderfully informed as always. Carotenoids are also what give the fall leave their color after the chlorophyll departs.
Once again, I learned more than a thing or two...thank you!
Fascinating post! I loved the robin’s song and photos as much as your informative and elegant writing.
It was a February morning…
The weather had been cold,
but the air felt new.
an American Robin was singing
from a wooden fence post in the mist.
His song changed everything.
Before the first tree
remembered to leaf out;
Before the first flowers of the woods poked up;
The robin knew it was time.
Diane Porter
(with poetic-liberty taken by her Admirer!)
On Summerhill in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, we know when Spring has officially arrived: The Robin SINGS..exuberantly! We HAVE to go outside to see his Joy, hear his Song! Must be careful though, for he is shy; dunno why. One laundry day, as I peered out the window over the drier, I saw him pulling a worm from the dirt. Poetry Alert!!
Listening…
Stopping a moment
From folding towels,
I spot Mr. Robin outside the window…
...Listening…listening...
Intent to hear
A worm?!
How could he?
But I knew.
Focus is his key--
Blocking out all else.
In the distance a dog barked
Our Congratulations.
SMK 2021
Wow, carotenoids coloring the feathers of robin's red breast! Who knew? Fascinating stuff, Diane. Love your posts.
I've never seen that type of lichen, but I'll be looking for it now.
Just a wonderful in-depth and thought provoking article!!
I am currently reading 'Entangled Life' by Merlin Sheldrake. If you haven't already discovered it, I bet you would like it too. In it Sheldrake discusses lichens extensively including that they are composed of two different entities: a lichen fungus and an algal partner. The newest edition of his book has amazing color pictures too. It is a beautiful book.
Hope your day is very good! Your post got my day off to an excellent start!
Lovely, and I learned some new things. Thank you!