A number of time now while rummaging through leaves and picking up rotting pieces of wood I have noticed a very small snail here around Seattle. The snail is rather pretty – with the body a bright blue and I have had fun taking some shots of it. However, I have often wondered what kind of snail it is.
I do not own any books on snails, so this research had to take place entirely on the Internet. As with all identifications, I’m not sure if I got it right but I think I now know what it is and I learned a bit about how to identify snails.
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Posted 2 years, 10 months ago at 12:58 pm. 1 comment
A few days ago something caused me to take a path I had never taken before, leading in a direction where I had never been even interested in going. Next to the cafeteria by the building where I work, there led a path around the building. One day, while debating whether I should take a walk, I decided to follow it and see where it went. Sure enough, it went around the building to the front. I walked for a bit and then decided that it was best to get back – I had a lot of work to do. However, on the way back I noticed something that I had never seen before.
Literally a few meters away from the path, I noticed a strange sign. There was no path down to the side, but not much in terms of brush preventing one from taking a look, so I decided to see what it said. What I found, sitting on the Microsoft campus in a spot where even we weren’t familiar with, was a new world that I am just beginning to explore.
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Posted 3 years, 11 months ago at 5:15 am. 4 comments