Happy Moss-ter Day

May 14, 2012August 25, 2015 by Karen Nierlich

Hiked today with my family to celebrate Mother’s Day in Marin from Muir Woods to Stinson Beach on the Dipsea Trail. For those who don’t live in the Bay Area, the Dipsea Trail has a local cult standing due to a competitive running race that takes place there each year. Today as we hiked the trail we were repeatedly passed by runners going from regular to full throttle over the dirt trails.

I ‘m happy because as we approached Stinson Beach the trees became mossier and mossier. The sky and trees started to drip like a light rain. Really it was the condensation from the fog.

It was super mossy. I realized I had been worried about running out of moss to photograph during the summer months. Looks like if I explore Marin near the coast, I’ll find lots of moss to photograph all summer long. Here is one of the many photos I took today.

moss with raindrops — Moss on Dipsea Trail, Marin

mossy trees on Dipsea Trail — Kids, Kelly, Tod on Dipsea Trail between Muir Woods and Stinson

Dave Crockett’s Tavern and a Mossy Roof

May 7, 2012September 13, 2014 by Karen Nierlich

Recently my family and I visited Tennessee to see my father-in-law. There a number of sites we revisit each time we are in Morristown, TN. One of them is a tavern Dave Crockett’s parents owned and he lived in as a boy. He was born in 1786 and from what I read the tavern was build in 1795 (though this structure is actually a reproduction built in the early 1900’s.)

My interest (of course) is to show you this roof covered with buttery dollops of moss, though I’ll include a few photos of the location overall. It’s so ball-like that must be a feature of how this moss grows. Love these moss pom-poms.

I Heart Moss

Hiking, Photography, and Mossy Places

Month: May 2012

Happy Moss-ter Day

Dave Crockett’s Tavern and a Mossy Roof