We all felt, at least once, that our problems have become big and heavy as dinosaurs. To overcome this deceiver proportion, I think it helps to lift our eyes to the sky. “Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us” said the great Carl Sagan.

While this is a big perspective, there’s also the small one, equally beautiful. Using our eyes or adding a lens for details, we can take a look at the universe beneath our feet, in grandma’s backyard or the city park. It abounds in life, colorful, diverse, complex, fascinating life.

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Johann Niederreiter
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cute , I don't think so , more like : "what are you looking at ?!! "

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Bees are always working.

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bees! I love bees! And, this one looks quite busy.

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“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” (John Keats)

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who can resist the beauty and elegance of a butterfly?

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The intense metallic blue of these dragonflies is mesmerizing.

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Spiders spinning their clever webs, watching for prey with robot-like eyes, eating it unhurried, exploring.

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that spiders are amazing. They are nature's original architects.

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Ants are always on the run.

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Mary Rose Kent
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without ants we would have no soil.

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this family of snails. Look at the little one lagging behind!

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Aimee Simmons
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My god I love these guys. Robber Fly. When I was little, and one would find me, it would follow me for about a block before getting bored. I used to have wonderful conversations with them.

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Mary Rose Kent
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember catching grasshoppers as a child. It was fun to chase them and catch them, but it wasn’t interesting the way catching a frog or lizard or snake was interesting, so I always just tossed them back into the field.

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Aimee Simmons
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Blurg... I hate these guys. always sucking the life out of my strawberry plants. It's a good thing my aphid lions (ladybug larva) live all around me in the Rhododendrons. :D

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