Comments on: Moss garden http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12355 Dave Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:58:01 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12355 Thanks! I <a href="http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-pleasures-of-a-book-francis-ponge/" rel="nofollow">love Ponge</a>. Thanks! I love Ponge.

]]> By: SarahJ http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12354 SarahJ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:43:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12354 Nice post, and photos. I love moss. More moss! Do you know Francis Ponge's prose poem "Moss?" It starts - "Long ago the advance guard of vegetation came to a halt on the rocks, which were dumbfounded. A thousand silken velvet rods sat down cross-legged. From then on, ever since moss with its lance-bearers started twitching on bare rock, all nature has been caught in an inextricable predicament...." Nice post, and photos. I love moss. More moss!
Do you know Francis Ponge’s prose poem “Moss?” It starts -

“Long ago the advance guard of vegetation came to a halt on the rocks, which were dumbfounded. A thousand silken velvet rods sat down cross-legged.
From then on, ever since moss with its lance-bearers started twitching on bare rock, all nature has been caught in an inextricable predicament….”

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12353 Dave Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:49:36 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12353 That's true. It's not an uncommon lichen -- and in fact is found in northern Europe as well. That’s true. It’s not an uncommon lichen — and in fact is found in northern Europe as well.

]]> By: David Harmon http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12352 David Harmon Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:27:59 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12352 Lovely pics -- and I applaud your decision to let it be. Such little spots of magic are naturally bounded, not only in space, but in time as well. BTM, lichens similar to your "rock tripe" are everywhere that I've been hiking in the Shenandoah area. It looks like the mountains have eczema. ;-) I'm pretty sure the rocks are providing them with not only a surface, but trace minerals as well. Lovely pics — and I applaud your decision to let it be. Such little spots of magic are naturally bounded, not only in space, but in time as well.

BTM, lichens similar to your “rock tripe” are everywhere that I’ve been hiking in the Shenandoah area. It looks like the mountains have eczema. ;-) I’m pretty sure the rocks are providing them with not only a surface, but trace minerals as well.

]]> By: marly http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12351 marly Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:39:23 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12351 Yes, tag it! It has been exhausting, more than I realized it would be. Jet lag is not so bad going out but returning over twelve zones after 15 days of going all day every day seems to be a bit too much, for me at least. Yes, tag it!

It has been exhausting, more than I realized it would be. Jet lag is not so bad going out but returning over twelve zones after 15 days of going all day every day seems to be a bit too much, for me at least.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12350 Dave Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:47:51 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12350 Yep, that's what I'm thinking, too. Thanks for commenting. Yep, that’s what I’m thinking, too. Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12349 Dave Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:46:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12349 <em>soon will be tucked away in secret</em> You mean, as it vanishes into the archives? true. But I could tag it as a favorite post so it would show up in the "Best of Via Negativa" section of the sidebar from time to time. Glad you're back. I think a good vacation is exhausting in the way that a good massage can be exhausting, no? soon will be tucked away in secret
You mean, as it vanishes into the archives? true. But I could tag it as a favorite post so it would show up in the “Best of Via Negativa” section of the sidebar from time to time.

Glad you’re back. I think a good vacation is exhausting in the way that a good massage can be exhausting, no?

]]> By: marly youmans http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12348 marly youmans Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:44:28 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12348 Dave, I love moss gardens--love yours. Splendid gardenish post that soon will be tucked away in secret. Am almost recovered from vacation (why should travels be so exhausting?) and shall be back... Dave,

I love moss gardens–love yours. Splendid gardenish post that soon will be tucked away in secret.

Am almost recovered from vacation (why should travels be so exhausting?) and shall be back…

]]> By: Kathleen Scott http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12347 Kathleen Scott Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:51:41 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12347 Beautiful. Thanks for bringing the quiet green out of the forest. I'm thinking to let it evolve and enjoy the process. Life is change. Beautiful. Thanks for bringing the quiet green out of the forest. I’m thinking to let it evolve and enjoy the process. Life is change.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/11/moss-garden/#comment-12346 Dave Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:24:33 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=5819#comment-12346 Well, you'd be surprised. Unfortunately, Pennsylvania has a greater density of highways than almost any other state, and many of them cut through some pretty unique habitats -- bogs, fens, barrens, you name it. Thanks for stopping by. Well, you’d be surprised. Unfortunately, Pennsylvania has a greater density of highways than almost any other state, and many of them cut through some pretty unique habitats — bogs, fens, barrens, you name it.

Thanks for stopping by.

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