It all started with a walk along a gravel road where I saw a small snail in a lichen meadow-

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There is a tree along the path with a cut branch that, when it has healed, resembles a heart.

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There is also the dried fruit of these propellers that fall and spin from this type of maple tree

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Around this heart are three small snails that I have marked with circles to make them easier to spot

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This is a view of the snail above left a very small snail.

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This is the snail below

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This is the upper left snail left on the wonderful carpet of lichen

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A view of the interesting forms of lichen growing on the bark of a tree.

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This looks like a bird and it's a magical little miniature bird maybe from Smurfs or maybe Harry Potter owl.

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However, it was a piece of the bark of a young bud of a branch that fell off and remained hanging on the hairs of the tip of the twig.

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Lichen further adorns the bark and looks interesting

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A dried small twig that will grow lichen

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This adventure came to an end with a view of my work with the view of a bird standing on the bark of a tree made naturally from small branches.

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