I prefer to travel around the world but right now I’m going for walks around the city, and only to places I can get to without taking transit.
The other day I went for a walk up to Shaughnessy, the original neighbourhood of wealthy Vancouverites.
It is built on a rise so the people living there could look down on the lower classes. This high concrete containment wall was built at the edge of Shaughnessy to help shore up the land, and keep the riffraff like me out.
Scratched heart graffiti.
Ghosts of ivy past, a tracery of a former life.
Mossy wall.
Get in closer: a miniature moss galaxy!
Up really close the moss looks like a mass of tiny green stars.
This section they tried to cover the wall with some sort of coating which is now cracking and peeling off. Still, up really close, it is beautiful. 
More of the Lens Artists Photo Challenge: It’s a Small World.
Batz Gallery 
Things most likely ignored
Each turns out being no less a beauty
When up-close and personal 🙂
Lovely sentiment…
Love those moss close-ups – really does look like stars!
a miniature moss galaxy!
A great glimpse of small worlds, Elizabeth!
Right now, being winter, you almost have to get close-up to see something new – I have been doing lots of macros of tree bark and lampposts…
Whatever works for you!
Great job of photographing your small world of textures. I love textures too. Getting in close helps us feel them. Thanks for joining in!
There are often some big surprises when I get in close enough!
Good eye for finding and capturing these Elizabeth – hopefully we’ll be capturing far-flung locations once again before too long.
I suppose in the meantime travelling to tiny small worlds is a good way to pass the time.