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Dave Karpowicz's avatar

Sydney, You captured the essence of wonder so beautifully. D

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you so much, Dave! :)

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Nature 🌲's avatar

Did u know that ⭐️ starfish, sand dollars and sea urchins do Not have a brain 🧠??

Yet they move toward food and away from predators.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thanks so much for this! I had never thought about it, and am amazed again :)

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Hayley's avatar

Ah this is so lovely!

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you so much, Hayley!

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

Sydney, all of your photos and this essay are just wonderful.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you so much, Pamela! 💕

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

Wonderful essay, Sydney! Nature is such a treasure. But your words also made me wonder how the chances are for that tiny lobster not to end up on a plate after mastering all the other hurdles…

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

🤣 😢 You are so right, Susanne. I thought about that as I was looking up the survival rates at each stage. Because, though we know lobsters can live as long as 100 years, all the mortality rates are based off of how many lobsters "survive to harvest weight, which typically occurs between 5-7 years of age" So, the final chapter in that story really is living long enough to become dinner for people instead of other wildlife.😳

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Marc Mannheimer's avatar

Amazing images and info. Thanks for making this available.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you so much, Marc, I'm glad you enjoyed them!

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Neil Barker's avatar

Just excellent images, Sydney. I really like that image of the starfishes on the rocks at low tide.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thanks so much, Neil! It was such a nice evening, and the tide was so low. I was really happy to see such an abundance of life - honestly, all our familiar tide pools were running a bit thin over the summer 😳

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Lola Renda's avatar

Thank you for caring.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you for caring, too, Lola! 💕

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Ian Haycroft's avatar

Thank you Sydney. Some of us who are prone to keep looking a "big picture" things in life, so need people like you who can also see the incredible beauty in the detail. Thanks for being one of those! Beautiful.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you so much, Ian, that warms my heart! So much wonder out there waiting for us, from the biggest of pictures to the tiniest of details :) 💕

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Dawn Duryea's avatar

Oh, I miss the ocean! I need to look around here for all the hidden wonders waiting to be found! Thanks for the inspiration!

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thanks you, Dawn! It makes me happy to know you were out wonder-searching in your little corner of the world :) 💕

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James Freitas's avatar

Beautiful essay, Sydney. It is paramount that we all take it upon ourselves to look even just a little closer at things we see.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you, James! You're so right - if every one of us would spend just a moment more...💕

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James Freitas's avatar

Which you always highlight with how observant you are in your essays!

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

I sure try - one of my main life goals is to become an ever-greater-noticer in nature :)

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Timber Fox's avatar

Thank you for this, I don't visit and enjoy the seashore nearly enough.

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you, Thomas! Just a little something to tide you over until your next opportunity :)

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Don Boivin's avatar

So nice, Sydney! This theme, how paying just a little bit closer attention than normal can bring out the wonder in everyday things, is a favorite of mine. In fact, I’m posting an essay tomorrow morning about the very same! Except mine is about attending to music with all of your presence. This is why I appreciate you so much! 🩷

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SydneyMichalski🌿NatureMoments's avatar

Thank you so much, Done! Same here :) Isn't it fun, how often we find ourselves drifting along together on the same wavelength?🤣

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