from Kobayashi Issa (c. 1818):
“Never forget:
We walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.”
from Thomas Peace:
One of the problems about hell
is that most who are in it
do not realize that they are in it.
One of the problems of hell
is that a few in it
(realizing they are in it)
are not listened to or
understood by those
in it (not realizing they are in it).
Who in the hell has
all of the right answers?
Nobody!
Ant on Stella Daylily … Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2018
Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog 
Jean-Paul Sartre wrote: “L’enfer, c’est les autres” or “Hell is other people”, but Sartre lived in France – he meant French people! 😉
🙂 The flames are everywhere and global warming is rapidly intensifying.
As if Hell is not hot enough already?? 😉
Although… I guess parts of it do still freeze over. Oh, the extremities we endure!
Does that ant know he’s in hell? Interesting post and pic!
Like most, likely not!
So magic and beaitiful macro Tom! Love the colours! 🙂
Thank you, Marcela! Your recent seed-pod was great! 🙂
Beautiful photo! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, 1 in a 1,000,000! 🙂
The ant is entering the bowels of Hell!
to get some nutritious pollen! 🙂
In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky said, “What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” There are too many today who don’t love others, the world, or themselves.
Yes… and far too many who do not do a thing to help the environment.
Intense photo! Love the rich color. As first the insects disappear and then out the food web, we will learn what “hell on earth” means.
It’s just a matter of time. Too many selfish people want to hold on to their fancy, big vehicles and go on fossil fuel plane vacations.
I don’t know which looks more delicate – the Stella Daylily or the ant … and the lighting is fantastic!
That’s the sun, on the west side of the flower and river, that is helping so splendidly with the lighting. 🙂 At least the ants will still be around — and many species of them — far after humankind is gone.
That sun made a beautiful backdrop for the picture … yes the ants are hard to get rid of … we had carpenter ants for years and Ortho could not get rid of them and we got a new smaller company to come in at the recommendation of our HVAC guy who had some rental properties and they got cockroaches so he had them in – gone. They were great and came in and found the nest right away. I told Ortho I saw a flying ant in the light fixture in the basement –
they couldn’t find the nest, but Pest Masters honed in on it and put marigold dust into the nest … dead carpenter ants started dropping out and it is a dropped ceiling and we slid the panels back – more dead ants. This was too bad since Ortho recommended us to chop down two big oak trees and a locust tree, remove all the bark in the gardens and replace it with cedar mulch … they found and destroyed the nest in a matter of minutes! I wonder if there were ants in prehistoric times – you would likely know that answer Tom.
Always killing it🙌🙌
Incredible capture Tom! The colors and lighting are amazing, as are all the details! 😊
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/questions/lake-of-fire/
Contrary to popular belief, hell is not talked about in the Bible. I think this link will of interest to you.