moss

High in the Andean mountains of Ecuador, Tony, a large, male spectacled bear, shelters from the midday heat beneath the shade of a century-old fig tree draped in Spanish moss.

The pair are inspired by the sonic sounds of this otherworldly land: swooping flocks of birds, squelchy moss, water drops drizzling down an ancient stone wall.

The company also recently expanded its shipping range for non-perishable items, like a jar of sea moss gel for $88 or a logo hoodie for $185, to a total of 19 countries.

Since buying his Bellway property in Bedfordshire a year ago, he has found patches of damp or discoloured tiles, accretions of moss and mould growing in the loft space.

Outside the Shoreline Fuel Mart, the cracked and brittle peanut gathered moss and slowly rotted from the inside.