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Images of small things from the biggest county in Texas #522 – A ladybug making her way over a Texas Thistle in the rain.

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How brave a ladybug must be!
Each drop of rain is big as she.
Can you imagine what you’d do,
If raindrops fell as big as you?
~Aileen Fisher

We had a good amount of rain and wonderfully cool temps today. I kept going outside between the heavy drops. I was flat out amazed at the bounty of bugland that was out a working in and around the wet.

Are there man ladybugs?  enjoy what you get today ††† en theos ††† jim work

Photos on the journey #492 – It is a small world!

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These desert thistles are just so hard to not stop and explore. They are most often filled with all kinds of bees, wasps, flies or beetles. I find them interestingly attractive at all stages of their blooming cycle

Cirsium neomexicanum is a species of thistle known by the common names New Mexico thistle, powderpuff thistle, lavender thistle,foss thistle and desert thistle. This plant is native to the southwestern United States, particularly the Mojave Desert. It is a tall plant, routinely exceeding 2 meters in height. It erects a stem which may have webby fibers and long, stiff spines. The sparse leaves are greenish-gray, hairy, and very spiny. Atop the mainly naked stems are inflorescences of one or more large flower heads with rounded bases and phyllaries covered in long, curving spines. The largest heads may be up to 5 centimeters in diameter. They are packed with white or lavender disc florets. The fruit is a flat brown achene with a long pappus which may reach 2 centimeters long. Unlike many other thistles, this species tends not to be a troublesome noxious weed.

Peaceout ††† en theos ††† jlawrence

Photo of Da Day @ Da Pine #346

Sorry for the delayed post. We stopped at Brantley State park in New Mexico for a night and with no WiFi, I was forced to be unplugged for a bit. It was really kind of nice and my muse even commented how nice it was to have eye to eye contact with me rather than the usual profile view of me and my Mac.

This is a little thistle from the small meadow in the Lincoln National forest that backed up to our RV site. The mountains were nice but we both decided that we are indeed desert folks. The trees seem confining and then there is the wide open skies. Anyhow, none of that relates to the beauty of this little thistle.

Enjoy where you are on your journey†††nada te turbe†††jim

Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #276

Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #276.

God allowed a thorn, a messenger of satan, to harass Paul to keep him from becoming conceited. Paul asked three times, but God would not remove the thorn in his side saying, “my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” Paul continues, saying therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Imagine if the thorn was in your heart?

I still, for the most part, try and avoid the thorns on my journey†††nada te turbe†††jim

Photo of Da day @ Da Pine #276

God allowed a thorn, a messenger of satan, to harass Paul to keep him from becoming conceited. Paul asked three times, but God would not remove the thorn in his side saying, “my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” Paul continues, saying therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Imagine if the thorn was in your heart?

I still, for the most part, try and avoid the thorns on my journey†††nada te turbe†††jim