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Life itself is a bubble and a scepticism,
and a sleep within a sleep.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man that is born falls into a dream
like a man who falls into the sea.

-Joseph Conrad

“Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” said Alice…
got up and ran off,
thinking while she ran, as well she might,
what a wonderful dream it had been.

-Lewis Carroll

The man who said,
“The harder the toil, the sweeter the rest”,
never was profoundly tired.

-John Muir

Oh, my ears and whiskers, I am profoundly tired. Tomorrow my plans include a lot of sleeping, quite a bit of curious dreaming, and perhaps I can pencil in some naps during the down-time.

Funny, I started this post thinking about bubbles. I’m really that exhausted, all I can think about is burrowing in and blessed rest.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone. Sleep well. Dream a little dream of me.

I want to be David Letterman, have I mentioned that?

I have to get up at 4:45 a.m. these days so I don’t see him as much as I like to- I don’t see 9:00 p.m. as much as I’d like to- but I came across this video of him going off on the topics of global warming, leadership, and alternative energy:

Good for you, Dave! Way to get noisy!

Nothing great was ever achieved
without enthusiasm.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is some serious greatness happening in my sedum, because these are some crazy enthusiastic bees. Busy, busy, busy. Grubbing down. It’s exhausting to watch.

I can’t get over the bees’ tongues! I only just discovered this year that bees even had tongues. Stupid, I know, but I never really thought about it.

This isn’t sedum, I don’t even know if it’s a weed or what. But here’s another shot of my favorite (for now) bug- the beautifully colored green metallic sweat bee- click on the picture to see the colors close up.

And here he is alongside a normal-sized bumble bee. Look how tiny! All that craftmanship and loveliness bestowed upon such a small thing. The wonder of the universe.

Where the telescope ends,
the microscope begins.

Which of the two has the grander view?

-Victor Hugo