Every once in a while I have to stop and enjoy the natural world around me. :) Several mornings ago I left the house before my husband (we were on our way to the store) -- the sun was shining but the air was crisp. I sat down on our concrete front step to wait for him and enjoy the sunlight filtering down through the Japanese maple tree's red leaves. The front sidewalk leading from the step I was sitting on (very cold on my bottom:) was covered with what my daughter used to call 'cornflake' leaves -- dry and crackly when you walk on them. :) I looked down on them, soaking in the lovely colors, and notice an ant energetically crossing the sidewalk -- the smallish red and black sort shown above.
She was really intrepid, putting any human walker to shame -- up an down the leaves she went, busily tramping up and down twice as far as she went forward. Never swerved or hesitated, just pushed onward. I had to admire her energy, especially considering that she was cold blooded and I don't think it was much more than 55 degrees out.
Gotta be more like that ant! :)
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