Stuff to See

Whenever and wherever I walk I always seem to be looking down. My eyes scan the ground for anything out of the ordinary. I watch for pennies, quarters, or the odd $100 bill (yes, I did once find a $100 bill in with a bunch of trash collected at the base of a chain link fence in Hawaii...but that's a story for another day), and I'm often distracted by little movements in the periphery of my view. Movements that might give away the presence of an interesting critter...

Sometimes I look up too. It's kind of hard not to when passing such bright clusters of spring blossoms...

...and besides, there are lots of interesting animals that find their way up high as well, like these ants exploring the innards of a flowering pussy willow...

Looking down into the reflected depths of a still bog can give the illusion of another world opening up beneath your feet...

...to the attentive eye even ordinary dead leaves betray a subtle elegance...

...and surprises are everywhere.

Rob and I stumbled upon this little guy while leaving the Cornell Ornithology Lab's Sapsucker Woods...

I'll be taking off for Evanston tomorrow morning.

There's a lot I'll miss here, but I'll keep my eyes open wherever I go--there will always be neat stuff to see.