Weird moss

[HoneySuckleBlue]

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I've never seen it do this before...

[codeye]

that is a bit odd---do u have anymore photos of this---maybe from different angles?

[HoneySuckleBlue]

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This angle is a little different...

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Oh wow, it's 'alternating generations' dig it: http://www.davidlnelson.md/Cazadero/Mosses.htm


I do believe we caught it early before the spores formed!

*runs out to see if anything's changed*

[mariecstasy]

confused....is it so weird because of the long pieces?

[FireflyInTheDark]

It's not really weird to have the long stalks. That's how they reproduce. For pollination kinda, only with spores instead of pollen.

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Yeah, I've never seen them with the stalks, just the 'fluffy' leafy part. Until this weekend I had no idea how moss reproduced...I thought it just spread like creeper ground coverings or something.


Learned something new:)

[mariecstasy]

Gotcha. It was hard for me to tell from the pic because of the other objects in there.

Its so exciting to watch nature do its thing. I've been so fascinated with watching the birds play from tree to tree on the property. They seem to have a couple gangs going on and must be in the middle of a football game or something.

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Heheee our birds are all a courtin':)

Love is in the air.

[mariecstasy]

Is that what it is?

I have been feeling awefully sad and missing Andy today. We've had a steady stream of company and things to do for the last little while...so we haven't had too much time together to jsut be and melt.

That and that damn full moon is coming. When she gets here I am good but in the meantime, I am loco with emotions. I am sitting here on the verge of tears all morning. LOL! And I know there is nothing wrong at all.

Happy St Pattys Day!

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Yupyup lots of sadness and friction out there. Things are falling away in an intense period. Me and Rich keep feeling like we are loosing it and then we check our selves and with some perspective we can pat our selves down and realise "Oh...hey" we are not really on fire, it just feels that way.

I was almost in tears this morning as well!

I look around and see all this crap happening around me and we feel like it is happening to us too, you know? lol, sympathetic creatures that we are. But it is not. Rich and I did alot of learning and our hearts spoke their intent and it is manifesting like this spring, almost in defiance of it's surroundings. Then we are so relieved and full of wonder at the sharp contrasts, heheee.
Observing it and letting it go.
Embracing what is left.
Then inviting more Love to fill the empty spaces:)

Hope you guys get some good melting time just when you need it most.

Jupiter is doing something with Saturn tomorrow I wonder if that 135 degree angle along with the moon is what's stirring things up so much right now?

[mariecstasy]

You guys are really doing some amazing work right now missy! I am so happy to see the interplay of your dynamic and the work having been worth the work:)

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Yeah, it's neat to feel the tenderness growing. It just 'wows' me. I mean there are these little patches of bright stuff in places where nothing was growing for a verreh long time.


Guess winter's over, eh?

How's it been going with y'all?

[mariecstasy]

We have been doing really well actually. Very few fights compared to how this relationship turned out. I've settled down so much and Andy has finally got my cycles down enough to not get offended.

Now, I am the one facing jealousy and insecurities. Its like they have been smacking me in the face right and left lately, in every area of my life. I know its just my mind chatter though and not anything that I need to truly give energy to. So I sit and watch and try to see where it comes from. It's good practice. I just wish it weren't insecurities. They sure don't make me feel safe;) LOL!

It's not just with him either. ITs with work, with friends, with everything I have been saying and doing. It's almost the worst I have ever experienced but I just am seeing it as the storm before the calm. I do have to say though, I am doing fairly well with it all...other than a couple moments of misdirected snottiness, all in all, noone would be able to tell unless they knew me well enough.

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Rock on:)


Hehee dig this...

While Venus triggers Saturn Friday and Saturday, we may feel as though someone is not (Saturn) playing fair (Venus), don't (Saturn) love (Venus) us or that we don't (Saturn) measure up by not being cute (Venus), rich (Venus) or fun (Venus) enough. With Mercury aligning with Saturn Monday morning, the theme shifts to a more cerebral setting

http://www.athenasweb.com/column.html


It is always interesting to see what makes me feel insecure. Once the intensity passes it is very helpful for proactively addressing areas where I feel I could grow more or where I just need to give my self a hug and affirm that I am enough. Going to the ship or over to Phil and Heathers always brings that out in me...I am so out of practise when it comes to small talk and entertaining with stories. I just don't talk alot right now, but that is begining to glare at me. Mom and I were just talking about that this afternoon. It's cool though because I know if I go to more socials and hang out more the balance will shift back in the other direction as I synch up with the Others.

Rich has been feeling very insecure as well. He thinks I am running again. Can't blame him it's what I always used to do. It is super cool though for the first time in my life to be able to give him hugs and look him in the eye while our souls connect and tell him how sorry I am for hurting him before and let him know clearly the only reason I'd ever bail now is if he kept yelling or venting his anger on us. It feels sooo awesome to have that clarity and our hearts are meeting again as he is coaxed out of his shell ever so slowly!

What an amazing journey we are all on!!!

[mariecstasy]

That is fantastical:)

I know its hard to believe;) but I get quite insecure in social situations sometimes too. I am really surprised to read you say you get insecure around Phil and Heather though. I wouldn't have guessed that at all.

I have been finding myself in the place of silence much more lately. It feels good sometimes until I forget how to communicate. Thats when my insecurities kick in and I feel like I am not enough. My mind goes on rampages telling me everything that I say and do is stupid and that the other person isn't going to like me anymore. Thats been a huge one lately. Feeling like I am upsetting other people.

[HoneySuckleBlue]

It's not really Phil and Heather but they have all these 'grownup' friends and I never know what to say to them and they don't start converstations they just look at you like a specimen you know?



My mom was telling me about her stay on the ship this past weekend and she always says she loves it so much then she goes on and shares the parts where she gets mortified by things she'll say or do, just like you described. She's very hard on her self. We know people don't think as critically as we do of ourselves? And if they did why would we even care? Does'nt stop it from being thought though...

[mariecstasy]

No it doesn't. But its so helpful to see it, to recognize it, to observe it....and then to let it just fly off in the breeze. I've been finding myself getting more active when Ihave those self-defeating thoughts instead of just lying down and getting depressed.

Whew, your poor mama. For me, when I share stories I like them to have juice and flair, not the self-defeating stuff. I generally just share those thoughts with Andy or with you:) LOL!

ah, trying to find the common ground. Very difficult task sometimes when people are so very different than ya. This morning I came into the office and was telling a lady here about the Dalai Lama and how he told China that they need to grant Tibet sovereignty or else when he comes back again, he will come back as a wrathful lama....and they don't want that. I was laughing and laughing and she looked mortified(which only had me giggling alot at my desk)

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Yar my mama takes her self too seriously still. Once I lost most of my self importance it got easier to just observe and not get so attached to what I was experiencing.

You tell great stories. I always enjoy them, even when they are personal and about difficult topics. It is great to be able to laugh at our insecurities and get up and keep going and love our self more gently.


Ooo, I saw a snippet about HHDL he looked pissed! What'd he mean when he comes back? Reincarnates? That's a long damn time.

[mariecstasy]

Yeah reincarnates. I didn't see it or the article...only know from what Andy told me, from what someone read to him. I wanna see him pissed. *goes off to research*

Rock on for losing yourself to find yourself. That's what Eckhart was saying in this weeks broadcast....that its most important to realize you don't know who you are and to be happy with that.....labels, labels, labels...they tend to screw up our perception of things because the label becomes the thing/person/place instead of the moment.

The webcasts are interesting. I could sit there and watch him talk all day long. He's just so adorable. I love his smile. As we said before though, its more inspiration and reminder than profound enlightenment. I have a blast seeing how people are responding to the book though. Its heartwarming to know so many are in a transition:)

[HoneySuckleBlue]

It really is heart warming. I've been praying that this book plays one of the essential roles in tipping the 'knucklehead' vote in Obama's favor. Lots of blue collar hamericans are totaly into Oprah and my goodness it seems like perfect timing!!! I believe his campaing is sooo aligned with what is going on right now.

I could'nt watch the news all weekend because they have been roasting him on his association with his minister, trying to make him the 'black candidate' and I did'nt know how he wa gonna get out of that...then he writes this amaaazing speech on the road which was just a bunch of heart felt sentiments and the talking heads just are totally wowed. I was wowed.

He gives me chills:) the good kind.
I think Tolle is adorable too. He's like a wee hobbit.
Love must be in the air, I am enamoured with so much right now.

Did you find anything on The lama? I want to see it again. I only saw him in passing and read the caption where he was threatening to come back as a vengeful lama.

[MollyThe Hippy]

It's not really weird to have the long stalks. That's how they reproduce. For pollination kinda, only with spores instead of pollen.

that's what i thought too, those stalks are the plants' penis

[HoneySuckleBlue]

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That's hot.