Category: ant

Shades of Gray from Grayson Co, TX #906 – r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r

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E. E. Cummings, 1894 – 1962

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Edward Estlin Cummings is known for his radical experimentation with form, punctuation, spelling, and syntax; he abandoned traditional techniques and structures to create a new, highly idiosyncratic means of poetic expression.

I just saw a pretty creature amongst the johnson grass. E.E.Cummings saw much more than me. Oh how we are never too old to learn.

monos en theos  †† jas L

IMAGES OF SMALL THINGS FROM THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN TEXAS #687 – AHHH, CAN FLOWERS & BUGS BE FAR BEHIND?

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While I read and see of those that are getting hammered with the snow and cold, I am lucky to live in the desert Southwest. Our temp climbed into the mid 80’s and I found myself sporting very white legs. More today of the same.

I even found an ant in my yard  plying his trade.

may the sun find your back today……..en theos ††† jim

Photographs from Southwest Texas #501- learning the way of the ant that carries a heavy load.

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I found this red ant on our back driveway. There was a several of them carting home their booty of cat chow. Each one stumbled and wobbled  the 50 yards they had to go to get to the mound. Much more labor than I’ve done in a while.

King Soloman had some wise words from observing the ant.

“Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!” Proverbs 6:6 ESV

A majority of the bible versions make use of a different pronoun. Most interpretations  have it worded as “consider HER ways, and be wise.” It seems that  the more recent renderings have  followed the trend to de-gender our world. I don’t know if that is necessarily a wise thing.

King Solomon certainly had plenty of opportunities to observe the female. He had close to a “bed” (pardon the pun) of them within his own home. According to the Bible, Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. I only have two women in my life, my wife Susan and my mother in-law Melva. Between the two of them, I most assuredly have become a wiser man from observing their ways. I can only imagine how wise one might be from watching a herd of them. Alas, this sluggard would get an even greater lesson from Susan if she caught me “observing” that many women.

Observe and learn from all that you encounter. ††† en theos ††† jlawrence