mossy tree

I smiled when I saw this tree while taking a walk in Conservatory Park today. I do love moss. I used to use it for make believe stories when I was a girl, playing outside in Connecticut. I always felt comforted by it, a little growing grassy patch. A bed for a troll doll or as a fairy's rug in a house I had constructed! 

I was happy to see this beautiful and interesting tree while walking and stopped to take a photo of it. Then I smiled again, thinking of my friend Frieda in Scotland, taking photos of her tree with a profusion of mushrooms  in Penicuik Estate! Trees. Moss. Mushrooms. walks. dogs! We are connected :o)