Echinacea Collection - Le Penseur Lift Aloft

Deep in contemplation, I started thinking about creation. Who thought up the hummingbird and honeybee? Did they watch as Eve picked the apple from the tree? Or was it the tug of Earth, as Newton found, that pulled the apple to the ground? When I trace back my family tree, I find a forest. I imagine there’s even a nectar-chasing Tyrannosaurus. Maybe Oculudentavis khaungraae. I hope to be able to pronounce that someday. In my head I feel lifted aloof as my mind scours for the naked truth. And on that topic, I have a marvelous coat of feathers and thick skin thereunder, so why do I feel naked when I share my thoughts, I wonder?

Photographed September, 2023