The world in a drop

Look closely at the drop of water emerging and falling off the icicle in this photo.
Okay, what you see in there is not the whole world; it's an upside down image of just one stretch of one street in a small city in Ohio.
If we looked under a microscope, the world we would see would not be a microcosm of the street where I walk my dog; it would be its own cosmos, a world of microrganism, dust fragments of crystallized water-ice, minerals, atoms once in a supernova, and cells from leaves in the rain gutter from which this icicle formed.

Whatever world we see when we look up close, or when we step back and look at the big picture, we can still engage our sense of wonder by looking.  Ultimately, the world we form, the world of images and patterns assembled into knowledge and wisdom, exists is in the mind.

Calendar #2 sample; other plans

The second calendar; only a couple left of the one in a previous post

To the left is another calendar of photos, some from dog walks and some from other travels.  I have about ten of these remaining, and just three of the other calendar.  You can email me at jimfoley44@gmail.com to let me know you want one, and we'll make arrangements for payment and shipping.
    More full posts soon; I'm occupied with work and workshop prep and family and editing someone's book, and some days at negative 12 degrees it's been too cold to risk taking my camera outside!  I've got a stack of ten writing ideas and over a thousand photos to choose from, looking for the ones that seem to tell a story; thanks for reading and viewing; please comment right on the blog if you can.  Happy trails!

Me and my dog walk,/photography/philosopy companion