Thursday, July 2, 2009

Silver lining

I've pretty much felt like hell for most of the last week. Joint/muscle pain, weakness and severe brain fog has knocked me on my ass causing me to sleep during the day as well as at night. But, even in my weakened, cotton-headed state I was able to appreciate the gifts the universe sent my way - two gorgeous insects to photograph. The first; a large cicada which had somehow gotten into the house and settled in on one of the vertical blinds in the living room. The second; a giant conifer beetle waiting for me on the back porch - it measured almost 2 inches in length and quickly crawled up my arm as I tried to get a shot of it. My excitement at being able to photograph them up close provided temporary relief from my pain.

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