Ecotones

Just so you know:

"An ecotone is a transition area between two biomes. It is where two communities meet and integrate. It  may be narrow or wide, and it may be local (the zone between a field and forest) or regional (the transition between forest and grassland ecosystems).An ecotone may appear on the ground as a gradual blending of the two communities across a broad area, or it may manifest itself as a sharp boundary line." - from wikipedia
The word ecotone was coined from a combination of eco (from Greek oikos meaning house) with a modern meaning pulled from the word ecology (late 19th century); and tone, from the Greek tonos or tension – in other words, our home place where ecologies - the combination of elements that make up our environement are in tension."

Terry Tempest Williams, one of my all-time favorite earth stewards, says,

"As a naturalist, my favorite places to be are along the ecotone. It’s where it’s most alive, usually the edge of a forest and meadow, the ocean and the sand. It’s that interface between peace and chaos. It’s that creative edge that we find most instructive. It’s also the most frightening, because it’s completely uncertain and unpredictable and that’s again where I choose to live."

We live in relationship - within the tension of what makes up our home, our place, our planet.