5.13.2009

snail!


snail!
Originally uploaded by Unstrung Photo
"And seeing the snail, which everywhere doth roam, Carrying his own house still, still is at home, Follow--for he is easy paced--this snail, Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail."
-John Donne (1572-1631)

I love seeing the snails out on the trail in early spring. You sometimes have to really watch your step. I've sometimes heard a pop-crunch and kept going, afraid to look down, for fear that I may have crushed one of these wonderful animals.

1 comment:

A Sky Full of Stars said...

Words to live by! "Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail"

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