what did the chicken tell the donkey? i'm not sure. maybe Tian Ping, who took the picture on a trip to Tiaoxuan in the northwestern of the country, knows the answer. i can tell you of the conversation i had with a snail. it was rainy yesterday and a snail decided the driveway into the residential community was slick enough to navigate it. but it could get in the path of a car, so i lifted the little guy to move it somewhere safe. it didn't want to let go of the pavement. when it was aloft it shriveled a bit wondering where the earth had gone. i walked it towards a tree and told it i was moving it to somewhere safe. it moved its head around trying to get its bearing. one of his antlers touched my fingernail and then quickly retracted. i found an area of green plants under a tree and left it there. it made me happy to help it and realized that it was a very cute creature. i have a backlog of pictures to post now - an island off Xiamen, on the south east part of the country, a park of temples, and Tiaoxuan. and there are always, yoga pictures! well, i like to make yoga art of mine. except i don't have the flow Grimmly enjoys. maybe if i concentrate more on the breath the flow will follow.
6/30/09
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Hi, Arturo:
Excellent picture. Nice story about the snail. I do the same thing with the earth worms who crawl out of the dirt to asphalt when it rains and then die when the sun comes out. My co-workers think that I am nuts, collecting those worms and releasing them into the grassy areas.
hi Alfia
it's really kind of you to do that. it feels good to help a creature that would not know it's in danger, isn't it? they you come back later and see they're milling about, or have moved around to another place but did not die.
after my post about the frogs, they drained the fountain in preparation to clean it. i hope they moved the frogs somewhere. there was one that was very friendly. i wish i had my camera with me.
cheers,
Arturo
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