One day...

So, to continue in the same vein, here is a book I picked up at the library this summer...

One day I will have a copy of my own!

Until then, I'll continue paying fines for bringing it back late... Yesterday's post would've been even more interesting if it had included scientific names, don't you think?

You can get it for yourself here, or for me, as my birthday is only a few days away...

Lichen, part 1

NORTHERN ONTARIO

Anyone who knows me knows: I love lichens. Unapologetically. I ambush strangers at parties to tell them about it, because my friends and neighbours know better than to stick around when the subject arises... Peoples' eyes gently glaze over as they politely try to pay attention...

Here are a few specimens from Northern Ontario. Some of them grow so slowly it can take decades to form a patch the size of a quarter! Can you imagine, then, how old some of these are...