That's not Spanish Moss. It's astonishing rime ice that Miika saw on the Appalachian Trail.
In 2016, at a Cabin Fever University Scotch tasting event, Joe Hollis gave a memorable recitation of Tam O' Shanter by Robert Burns. He was holding the book, but he managed to deliver about 2/3 of the poem from memory.
Joe Hollis, early 1970s, at the wedding reception for Janet Ohle and Frank Ghigo.