Life Goes On …
Green Shield Bug with a drop of water from the hose, waiting out the shower.
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Variations on the angle of approach, for background/contrast and eye level contact.
Pluck a leaf and raise ‘im up. Alarms the bug for a moment, enough to send it into hiding.
But not for long … turn the leaf over and there it is, exposed and hesitant – perceiving no danger.
Way to go … the upside down view of the world. Sometimes I think everything needs upending, for a fresher view.
A green shield bug at the end of summer, loitering on the greenery. Hasn’t yet been moved to insert that needle mouth into a vein for the available nourishment.
But it will … everything lives off something else. Until it in turn dies and feeds another form, ever burgeoning, ad infinitum.
The life behind unmoving …
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Nature's Place 
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