A Sitting Buddha Gathers Moss

I recently returned from the Amnion 1 class, taught by Mary Seamster and Wendy Hodsen at Mary’s wonderful Amnion Aquatics facility and pool. The location is about one hour north of Portland, Oregon. This area in south-west Washington gets about 65 inches of rain per year and March is a wet month! I was amazed at how much moss was growing everywhere, on trees, rocks, the ground, and decorating the above Buddha and lantern statuary. Coming from the fairly dry, high-desert and mountains of Southwest Colorado, it is a remarkable shift, traveling from a dry desert to a temperate rain forest. This high level of moisture sure does support and encourage moss and plant life.