Celebrate Unique Creatures

Today you are You, that is truer than true. 
There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

~Dr. Seuss

As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.

~Robert H. Schuller

 As I grow older I am learning to accept and recognize my own uniqueness and the uniqueness of others - and I celebrate it!

About the images: These images were taken July 17, 2011 - Heritage Park, Blacksburg, VA. I believe this is a mayfly - but I am not positive on that. What the pictures don't show very well are the little "tails" at the end. These were the first I've ever seen of this creature - a "life bug" for me :)

Locust Borer Beetle

As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others.

~ Robert H Schuller

This is a Lifer Bug for me - the first one I've even seen. I find him quite unique - and - beautiful in his own special way. He was crawling in the Goldenrod and blends in quite well.

Eastern Newt aka Red-spotted Newt

Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.

~ John Muir

My first encounter with a Newt on land

Gateway Trail, Blacksburg Virginia

More info on this Newt found on Wikipedia - Here


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Mantis Molt

One of the highlights of one of my walks was finding the shed exoskeleton of a baby mantis. I didn't even realize the the mantis went through a molt.

This is the same picture. The first picture shows a rotated view but this picture show exactly how I found it - on the underside of a leaf.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

~ Joseph Campbell

Chrysalis with Dew Drops

Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she is not. 
~ Ruth P. Freedman

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