The islands' peaceful coves, silent moss-grown forests, miles-long beaches, cultural riches and wealth of unique animal species are beckoning to be discovered by the intrepid traveler.
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Further east on the national road, lupine seeds have — at some point — been tossed into the moss-grown Eldhraun lava field, formed in a historic 18th-century eruption that wiped out a fifth of Iceland's population.
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The hindwings are leaden grey.lepiforum.de The larvae have been recorded on dead moss-grown bark of Laurocerasus lusitanica.
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A colony at the foot of Salto Ángel, Auyán-tepui in Venezuela Drosera kaieteurensis is found in the tepuis on the border area of Guyana and Venezuela, at altitudes of 460-2400m, on sandy soils or on moss-grown rock. There may also be occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The nave or body is now > roofless and dilapidated; and, from its moss-grown and impaired appearance, > must have been a ruin for a long period. It is said that the nave of the > church suffered during the rule of the Parliament or of Cromwell. Its > exterior walls, the mullions, and most of the tracery work (which is > undoubtedly handsome) of its windows are, however, still existing.
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WAKING TO MORNING IN MUINGAPHUCA (1994) In Memory of Aunt Kate The fierce buzz of two black horseflies mating over my bed. Lace shadows on cement floor, sunlight through Irish crochet. Two goats bleating objections to my car in the yard, flee from me as I open the kitchen door. A creamy cow grazes near moss-grown walls; her calf bumps her udder with its milk-stained snout, juts its tongue for the long teats.
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The southern walls, the big broken curtains and the green moss-grown columns stay always in the darkness. Beyond these columns there is the majestic architectural structures that the nature build up in the darkness by the passing of time. The Grave is the first huge cave of the cave karst system and the only one communicating with the outside. Its history dates back to ninety-one hundred million years ago in the upper Cretaceous.
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The beauty of the area inspired Kim Hwang-won a famous poet of the Goryeo period, to partially compose a poem about the scenery: "The foot of the moss- grown old rampart/Is washed by blue streams./Dawn is breaking over the vast fields/And the rows of mountains." Legend says he was unable to find the words to properly describe the beauty of the view, and threw away his writing brush in disgust.
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The moon's night side is lit by earthshine. The scene is framed by an uprooted and moss-grown oak on their right, whose branches reach out to those of a spruce on their left; a boulder prevents the oak from falling, and there is another boulder on the left. In the background the landscape falls away; the tops of pine trees suggest a forest. In the immediate foreground are a tree stump and a large dry branch lying on the ground.
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The sundial was commissioned by Jonathan Barrow in 1718. It has an eroded inscription which was recorded by the RCHM as reading > Esteem they precious time Which pass so swift away Prepare thee for eternity > And do not make delay. The sundial was featured in a 1905 published poem by C. M. Paine. > On Wilton Bridge o’er restless Wye A moss-grown pillar lifts on high A dial > quaint, on whose worn face Whoever will may pause and trace Its message to > the passer-by. It shows life’s hours like shadows fly: Gives counsel wise > all should apply; So lighter thoughts to grave give place On Wilton Bridge.
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