Day 21: First of all, let me say that I am here only because I hit the right moment. Our internet service was partially knocked out by the power outages a few days ago, and service has been intermittent when it was working at all. It is supposed to be fully restored by 8 PM tomorrow, but that's the second time the estimated repair has been pushed out to the following day. In any event, I took advantage of the lull and a few breaks in the weather to meander around the yard checking on lichens. The ancient cedar post at the end of the raspberry patch was particularly lush with Cladonias, so entwined and entangled that I can't tell where one species leaves off and another begins. Perhaps some lichens colonize others? Many contain the same algae, so perhaps their societies compete or cooperate? Suffice to say that this particular cedar post provides suitable habitat and supports a population as dense as that in the busiest human cities.
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