Thank you for this. I really needed to learn about and be able to focus my attention on one of natures' tiny miracles this morning as a balm for what feels like the wholesale destruction of everything good around us. I send out a wish that every human will understand, consider and yearn to protect every last droplet.
In the past I have always been surprised and delighted by your articles, but apparently you have now joined the mindless hordes obsessively proclaiming every little detail of the latest public celebrity -- the eastern dwarf mistletoe. Have you no shame? (🤣)
All of this life—as huge as redwoods or blue whale or as impossibly small as your drop or even so small as to be invisible seen under a 7-power lens—ALL of it powered by the sun, ALL of it just friggin' amazing. Thank you for continuing to Chase Nature and bring us along for the hike.
And none better than you, John, at discovering and photographing the grace in water and light and so many other ordinary and extraordinary things in nature!
OMG, I was waiting with baited breath for the droplets myself (though I could only really see them - or it - in the first photograph). So glad you have Josh to bog stomp with.
Thanks, Janis! So in that final droplet image at the end of the essay, zoom in and look at the tips of each of the two shoots for the most tiny translucent droplets. There's another one about halfway along the lower side of the left shoot! (Wish you were here with me and Diane a couple weeks ago!)
With any luck they will find a way to combat Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe and their tiny droplets. The parasites are decimating the spruces along our shores in Midcoast Maine, including my own property. It is hard to watch these iconic trees slowing dying in front of us.
Hi Debra. I'm really sorry to hear this. I've also seen spruce premature death in Maine -- heartbreaking. Are they on White Spruce there? I know the mistletoe can be problematic, but spruce suffer from other pathogens, including Spruce Beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis). I also wonder whether, along the midcoast, where the Gulf of Maine is warming faster than many other waters, if climate is a factor as well?
All around us, every day, the world is showing up and living and bringing forth natural wonders whether we see them or not. Knowing this is all there is enough; seeing and experiencing them is even more! Thank you for the joy of discovery and appreciation that you share with all of us.
Congratulations on your thrilling find!!
Thanks, Deborah! I hope you've got a thrilling discovery in your future!
Thank you for this. I really needed to learn about and be able to focus my attention on one of natures' tiny miracles this morning as a balm for what feels like the wholesale destruction of everything good around us. I send out a wish that every human will understand, consider and yearn to protect every last droplet.
In the past I have always been surprised and delighted by your articles, but apparently you have now joined the mindless hordes obsessively proclaiming every little detail of the latest public celebrity -- the eastern dwarf mistletoe. Have you no shame? (🤣)
Ha! Yeah, no shame in parasites, Bruce! 🤣
All of this life—as huge as redwoods or blue whale or as impossibly small as your drop or even so small as to be invisible seen under a 7-power lens—ALL of it powered by the sun, ALL of it just friggin' amazing. Thank you for continuing to Chase Nature and bring us along for the hike.
And none better than you, John, at discovering and photographing the grace in water and light and so many other ordinary and extraordinary things in nature!
OMG, I was waiting with baited breath for the droplets myself (though I could only really see them - or it - in the first photograph). So glad you have Josh to bog stomp with.
Thanks, Janis! So in that final droplet image at the end of the essay, zoom in and look at the tips of each of the two shoots for the most tiny translucent droplets. There's another one about halfway along the lower side of the left shoot! (Wish you were here with me and Diane a couple weeks ago!)
Thank you for this, I love noticing nature
Nice find Bryan & Josh! Love the loooong extended metaphor and can certainly relate!
Speaking of droplets, this is my Golden Rule: Dew unto others as they would dew unto you.
Ha! You know, for the record, I did indeed take note of humidity and dew point that day -- just to be sure these weren't dew drops!
Bryan,
Love your tenacity and curiosity. I've spent days in the Peacham bogg doing the same.
I think they're right along the boardwalk there?
So exciting, congrats Bryan! And this was a lovely read
Perhaps what we all need as humans right now is indeed to focus intently on a tiny little droplet. 🙏
It was fun to be led by your adventurous spirit. Congratulations. May we all seek our nature connections with such joy.
Ohhh, yeah.
Congratulations! This is an exciting reminder that there is still much to learn about plants and how they relate to each other.
With any luck they will find a way to combat Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe and their tiny droplets. The parasites are decimating the spruces along our shores in Midcoast Maine, including my own property. It is hard to watch these iconic trees slowing dying in front of us.
Hi Debra. I'm really sorry to hear this. I've also seen spruce premature death in Maine -- heartbreaking. Are they on White Spruce there? I know the mistletoe can be problematic, but spruce suffer from other pathogens, including Spruce Beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis). I also wonder whether, along the midcoast, where the Gulf of Maine is warming faster than many other waters, if climate is a factor as well?
All around us, every day, the world is showing up and living and bringing forth natural wonders whether we see them or not. Knowing this is all there is enough; seeing and experiencing them is even more! Thank you for the joy of discovery and appreciation that you share with all of us.