Moss in October out at the canal

There's so much to view out here its incredible. It's golden and misty. It finally feels like October with theses breezes in the air and the smell of cinnamon and chimneys coming from the houses behind me. The way trees are slowly becoming dull, but alive in their sense of color. These past days I have learned so much, and I am thankful for it. I have noticed so much about the water canal, things that I never paid attention to so much until now. Like the moss that stands out like a rose among thorns growing on the edges of rocks that slightly touch the water. "It makes me wonder how moss grows out here especially  now since it's cold October, based on research that I just found out on a website by the following name of  http://www.mossacres.com/ on my phone, I found out moss can grow at any time of year since it's a small flowerless plant that grows in clumps of single celled thick leaves. I touched it and noticed it's very soft. I don't know if it's bad to touch moss since i've never really encountered it till now but I sure liked the texture of it. " - Field notes 10/18/2014.
 


I find it incredible how such things grow on nonliving things. Just how we live on this living planet. We make a living out of anything that comes in our path. Just how we live in houses in the middle of no where, and how caves can form themselves without the help of anyone but their self. Science is an amazing things and has so many questions unanswered. I too ask my self many questions while im out here. Such as; why doesn't it rain to bring some sort of life to this place? or why do animals chose to live here out of all the other beautiful places in Reno?