Jaci Dawn

I’ve been carrying my camera to work for months now. Every time we go on a walk during breaks, I carry my camera. Half the time, I see nothing interesting. The other half of the time, I make you, the readers of my blog, suffer.

Guess which one tonight is?

I was waiting for my walking partner to get ready today and one of the senior vice presidents was standing at the counter. Being observant, she noticed my camera. And asked about it. I briefly explained the challenge of taking one photo per day for 365 days.

“Is this like ‘Julie & Julia’?” She asked lightly.

“No, not nearly so intense and I was blogging anyway.”

Then we discussed the movie (which was great). We both had to twist our husband’s arms to watch it, and both of our husbands thoroughly enjoyed the movie.

But I digress. I just thought it was funny that she hadn’t noticed my camera before. It’s not a little camera.

So, off to walk. And I’m desperate for a photo today, especially as I knew I would not have any other opportunity (I was invited to a party among strangers tonight). (More on that later.)

I’ve been thinking about taking this particular photo for a long time. I live where lichen takes over every thing, and there are these strange circles of lichen on the sidewalks. They are between an inch to 3 inches (2.5cm – 7.6cm) in diameter, never much larger.

As I stooped to take this photo, my walking partner said, “Are you photographing bird poop?”

She thinks this every time I kneel to get a photo. So maybe sometime I will really have to take a photo of goose poop. You, my readers, should be worried.

I assured her that I was taking a photo of lichen.

“That’s likin’?” She frowned.

“Moss. Lichen. Grows on rocks and trees.” And sidewalks.

It’s very strange stuff, lichen.And very cool looking. I think I need to explore it more.

Anyway, after work I had this party to attend which was a little reunion party for me. I found an old roommate of mine from the late 1970’s on FaceBook. She happens to live in the Portland area (and has lived here for 20+ years) and she happens to be having a birthday next week. A group of her present friends threw her a party & she asked me to join them for a mini-reunion. It was a lot of fun but it was also very late. She’s changed a lot, all in a very positive way. And she hasn’t changed at all, also in a very positive way.

But now I am home and I am uploading my two photos of lichen to my blog.

Be thankful I didn’t take pics of the goose poop. Because, believe me, it is more abundant than the lichen.

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