Win­ter Va­ca­tion


by Merry, Jamie, Daniel, Christoph, Ray, Elio & Roberto 

We take ad­van­tage of this be­ing the sea­son for re­joic­ing, and head into our cus­tom­ary win­ter va­ca­tion, re­turn­ing Mon­day Jan­u­ary 8th.

We hope that you have en­joyed the past year with us and that you will re­turn as this blog be­gins the 12th year of its ex­is­tence. We will en­deavor to con­tinue the quest for more won­ders of the World of Small Things.

Lichen en­sem­ble from Faial/Açores Is­lands. ©2017 Christoph Weigel. It was al­ready fea­tured last year (and, yes, also in the year be­fore last).

 

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