Jungle in a Planter

After staying cooped up by the desk all morning, I slipped past the cracked sliding door onto the sunny balcony deck. Sitting right between two deck chairs was a wide terracotta dish packed with thick, velvety green moss. It looked just like an uncharted miniature jungle! I took a running leap off the wooden runner, landing boots-first right into the spongy green turf. My plastic heels sank into the cool, damp cushion with a soft squish, leaving neat little tracks behind. I ducked under a curving fern frond and parted the tiny green stalks with both hands to survey the landscape. Balcony wilderness expedition: officially charted!