moss oaks

there's nothing like the dappled light under old live oaks bent down, grey moss swinging in the warm breeze. ancient moods and languid beauty .

photographs and words by rebecca wood

mossy

photograph by rinne allen

moss and acorns

photo by kristen bach

moss

photograph by rinne allen

moss covered wall

photograph by kristen bach

lichen + branch

photograph by kristen bach

moss + stone

photograph by rinne allen

a little nature

recently, kristen and rinne and i decorated and styled a photoshoot about a dinner in the woods. we laid some rough wood planks on top of old milk crates and started to decorate. we had an idea about a table-long scape of mosses, rocks, ferns and such. i had an idea to use some old compotes and some wood fired cups to do some mini terrarium type things.
i dug up some dirt and filled the container about 2/3 full, mounding the dirt slightly. then i dug up a patch of ferns with whatever vines or grasses inhabited the same plot, and simply planted them right into the containers. i topped it off with a little more soil to cover the roots and maintain the mound shape. then i covered the whole top with some of the moss i dug up, as well as a few bits from the craft store. just water in, and vóila! they look so great i think i'll just keep them about.
try one in a sunny living room or dining room. it's good to have a little nature inside...

photographs and words by rebecca rood

moss and limb

photograph by rinne allen

jasper county in springtime

photograph by rinne allen