Snow and Lichen

I love the look of these lichens.  They're everywhere here.  On the trees, the stones, the garden sculptures, the ground.  In the summer they look pale and ghostly, but in the winter, those soft blues and greens shine.   I liked the colors of these lichens with the oak leaf against the snow.  

Lichens

I love lichens [pronounced LIKE-ens].   I think they're gorgeous.

I don't know anything about the ones in this pic, but they're pretty and  big - about the size of your palm.  

I'll be doing more posts about lichens since they grow on everything around here - the trees, the house, the rocks, the gravestones, etc. and they keep popping up in pics anyway.

I need to do some research on these and learn about the different kinds.   I'll let you know what I find out.