Minuscule World

  Mother Nature has some astonishing things out there that can blow the special effects of any science fiction movie right out of the water.  All over this planet there are things so mind-boggling beautiful and extraordinarily weird that they go beyond the reach of the imagination.  I am one who finds these fantastical things in my own backyard.  I keep harping at folks to get down on their knees and investigate the world beneath their feet but few ever do.  My preachings do better reaching the minds of little folks of around the age of three than those of any older age.  The toddler brains are still open and receptive to "seeing" what is there.  Whether it is the busyness of the adult world or the "don't care" attitudes of teens, my wonder at things falls upon deaf ears.  To many, my fascination is far-fetched.  I suppose it is.

  I was out weeding under the rose bushes and once again came across some of the most minuscule fungi I have ever seen.  Each year, I see these tiny threadlike fungi and wonder about their identity.  I have yet to find anything like them in my many books.  Surely, they have not been overlooked by the experts but rather just overlooked by my research. The miniature world of molds, fungi and algae is a magical fairyland of design.  How these creations of less than the diameter of a human hair withstand the harshness of the elements is far beyond my comprehension.  A mere droplet of rain surely would decimate the structure! They appear so fragile.

  My mind often wanders into these tiny worlds and makes me wish that I had more knowledge about that around me.  In just a tiny space of a few square yards the diversity of life is inconceivable.  This world will go unseen by most folks and they will never know what they are missing.  It is amazing. (Ok, so maybe it is just me.)