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If we do not change our direction,

we are likely to end up where we are headed.

-Chinese proverb

I love this proverb, and I’ve considered its application to my own life many a time. I’ve come to the conclusion that change comes whether you want it to or not; but in most cases, positive change favors those who take action. “Fortune favors the bold”.

As Emerson says,

Build therefore your own world.

As fast as you conform your life
to the pure idea in your mind,
that will unfold its great proportions.

A correspondent revolution in things
will attend the influx of the spirit.

I think this is as close as I will come to bringing up politics here.

I just wanted to ask- where are we headed? Where do we want to go?

What world are we trying to build? And what are you, and I, doing about it?

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
-Oscar Wilde

Oops- I’ve experienced something.

Remember our lovely metallic green fly friend? Whose shimmery exoskeleton reminded me of popcorn and polyester?

Turns out, he’s not a fly at all.

Nope, he goes by the stunning title of green metallic sweat bee.

Green bees! Who knew?

Hallo! Why all these cups?
Why cucumber sandwiches?
Why such reckless extravagance in one so young?

-Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest

So I was enchanted by what appeared to be some sort of yellow ladybug, so pretty on that lone yellow flower we have blooming. Spent forever trying to get a picture, little guy was very quick and just kept walking, walking, walking. He must have walked miles on the surface of that flower.

(Of course, looking at it now, on a computer screen, I can see its body shape is different from a ladybug’s, but they are really quite small, cut me some slack, will ya?)

Come back inside, go through the insect book with Maverick, and here is what we find:

One of the most destructive beetles is the Eastern Spotted Cucumber Beetle, 1/4″, which is greenish yellow with black spots and has brown and yellow antennae. It damages foliage, flowers, and pollen of cucumbers, melons, corn, potatoes, and peanuts.

Oh no! My cucumbers! My cucumber sandwiches!

I was swayed by his lively gait and charming demeanor. I’ll not be fooled again.