Steemit Contest Changed My World - Literally

Back in my early days on Steemit@kus-knee of mundane art contest fame, asked me if I was going to submit a photo for that particular week. The topic was moss and lichen I said, probably not. I couldn't think of any photos that I had in my collection that were suitable and, living close to the sea I felt it wasn't likely that I would get the opportunity to take any new ones.

How wrong I was!

I went out for a walk that afternoon and was amazed to see that a lot of the trees, that line the avenues, had moss and/or lichen growing on their west side. What? Gasp? How can that be when they are so close to the sea.

Out came my phone.

It was a grey day so the colours weren't very vibrant but I wanted to give you a taste of the variety of mosses and lichens on my doorstep that I had no idea were there.

Without the photography contest I would have walked right past them as I must have done hundreds of time before. But suddenly I was seeing the world differently.

Then to cap it all . . .

I live in a mews property so we have big garage doors (used to be the stables) and on those doors we have 2 hay mangers which I plant up every summer. I hadn't gotten around to removing the previous summer's plants and when I came home from my walk I noticed some beautiful vibrant green moss growing underneath one of the dead plants (see top picture).

Talk about right on your doorstep!

All those winter days I had missed this.

I was humbled by how this little Steemit contest had literally changed my world. That day I saw what was always there, but that I hadn't noticed before and that is something that has continued for me.