Death and Lichens

We found the remains of a deer a few years back.  We kept its skull and have it on a table outside.

I noticed that there were lichens growing on it, and took this photo of some dried lichens in the eye socket.

But it has rained for a few days, and the lichens have swelled up and gotten more colorful.

 

Maybe when I die, instead of locking me in a box and burying it underground, or burning my body to ashes, someone will transport my skull to a wild place.  It will set there on the ground for a few years growing lichens.

A few decades more and it will all be soil, nourishing the critters.

Dust to dust…