Much of nature is small. We humans have no choice but to get down on hands and knees if we want to see or smell the small creatures - our relatives in the family of the natural world.
We first smell the atmosphere of the small. Sometimes pleasant - a perfume of sorts. Sometimes musky and a bit unpleasant. Always curious.
Then one sees the threads and lumps of earth - dirt. Perhaps a worm is at work stirring up the microbes. Air and water, minerals, gasses and remains of living organisms. All of this looks and smells of the earth.
In springtime of the northern hemisphere as the snow and ice melt little ponds begin to form. That melt water is filled with life. Little red spiders. Black beetles move about. Crustaceans take many forms. one looks like a galleon - a tiny ship under full sail. All this in a few drops of clear water. It is a wonderland of the North snow country.
All of this and more is the Spring Time world. On land one can find lichens and molds, mosses and vines - all in tiny form. Mushrooms begin to appear and expand.
Hands and knees can be hazardous for older humans.
Take it from me - if one wishes to be a hands and knees person - have family members or trustworthy younger friends at hands Otherwise you may join those little creatures and become part of their nourishment.
We first smell the atmosphere of the small. Sometimes pleasant - a perfume of sorts. Sometimes musky and a bit unpleasant. Always curious.
Then one sees the threads and lumps of earth - dirt. Perhaps a worm is at work stirring up the microbes. Air and water, minerals, gasses and remains of living organisms. All of this looks and smells of the earth.
In springtime of the northern hemisphere as the snow and ice melt little ponds begin to form. That melt water is filled with life. Little red spiders. Black beetles move about. Crustaceans take many forms. one looks like a galleon - a tiny ship under full sail. All this in a few drops of clear water. It is a wonderland of the North snow country.
All of this and more is the Spring Time world. On land one can find lichens and molds, mosses and vines - all in tiny form. Mushrooms begin to appear and expand.
Hands and knees can be hazardous for older humans.
Take it from me - if one wishes to be a hands and knees person - have family members or trustworthy younger friends at hands Otherwise you may join those little creatures and become part of their nourishment.
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I like to read these thoughts of springtime and the explosion of life that will come. And the image of becoming nourishment for these creatures made me smile!
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