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These beautiful shells were all over the place, most inhabited by hermit crabs. When you get down and really look at what you are stepping over it can be pretty amazing.
Someone told me I should try taking pictures of my backyard - which is extraordinarily plain, lifeless, and small - and see what interesting things I could make out of it.
It was fun.
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Sometimes it's the smallest details that make you happy. Small details that lift up your heart. If you have ever been in love or loved or experienced your dreams come true, you know what I mean.
It is the small touches, kisses, breezes, smells, words, sounds and sights that come to mind first without trying.
This is my ode to small things.
I had a fabulous day with the ones I love and this small thing was part of it.
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Garden snail (Cornu aspersum). Used to be Helix aspersa, but some classification pen-pusher got bored :-)
Since taking a class in macro offered by Kathy Eyster at the Kanuga Photography Retreat several years ago, I've wanted a light table. That desire's been on my mind rather frequently of late.
While on my walk early this morning the thought crossed my mind that my deck has a glass top. Two flashlights and a piece of copy paper later I was in business. I need to perfect my system, but I derived real pleasure playing with this snail shell (about an inch long) Tal found over the weekend while workiing in a flower bed.
I spotted this as we took a short cut across a field this afternoon. I don't know if it is an empty shell or a live snail - I left it alone so as not to disturb it if it was still alive.
Photograph by Eryne Donahue
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