Wise
counsel.
Spanish
moss.
The
moss grows on old oak trees, but it doesn’t harm them. It’s an air
plant. It draws all its nourishment from rain, fog, and the air around
it. It just uses the trees for support.
A
pipevine swallowtail.
Old,
ragged, and still rocking it.
This
is a bald cypress grove.
Normally
the water would be up to the high-water mark on the trees and all those lower
trunks underwater, but the lake has been temporarily drained to deal with
topwater weed growth. Once that dries out completely, they’ll bring the
lake back up to normal levels and this whole cypress grove will be flooded
again.
Evening
light.
