My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
I have a number of interesting hobbies, such as fossil collecting, sport-kite flying, 3D and 2D close-up photography, holography, and pets. Most of all, I am into holistic self-awareness, spontaneous insight, unconventional observation/direct perception, mindfulness, meditation, world peace, non-fragmentation, population control, vegetarianism, and green energy.
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Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog 
The red spokes in the leaf harmonize with (and lead to) the red areas on this colorful bug.
Yes, interesting perception! 🙂
If you notice, the Elder bug has a proboscis extending from the front of it’s head down to the colorful leaf; it almost looks like just another one of the bug’s legs… but it isn’t! Its proboscis is used – like a straw – to suck sap and nutrients from the leaf and from other plant parts.
I’ve seen the proboscis in action with a different species of bug, one that preys on insects. Ghastly.