The Challenge of the Moss Garden

I value the hidden beauty of the commonplace.

Simple flowers.

Simple Trees.

Simple Plants.

My current challenge is a moss garden.  The moss garden grows on a pile of broken stones, all that remains of a cow-shed that burnt down in the 1970s.  I want to photograph individual leaves and fruiting heads.  So I need 1X - 3X macro, lots of light, and accurate focussing. But the stones slope away, and I cannot get a tripod close enough.  So I am trying to make a miniature tripod to fit on the front of the lens . . . .