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“The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view.
Since life is growth and motion,
a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.”
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Brooks Atkinson
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“We begin to learn wisely when we’re willing
to see world from other people’s perspective.”
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Toba Beta
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“The truth is, I can choose to view
tough times as growing times,
I can choose to see aging as seasoning
and I can choose to focus on whatever good
there is to be found in living.
I choose. After all, it’s my point of view.”
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Steve Goodier
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“Its all about perspective,
that is how you look at things.
Your own thoughts and outlook defines
whether an experience, event, situation
whatever is good or bad.
And your definition determines your response.”
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Stella Payton
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Photos by Woodland Gnome 2015
For the Daily Post’s
Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle
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Forest Garden 
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“Katy-did?, Katy-didn’t!” With that long ovipositor, I’d say she definitely did! 😉 Happy Sunday!
🙂 Help me, Eliza- ovipositor? I Ass-sumed this to be a grasshopper. Is it not? I just found an even larger one on the wall of our terrace and photographed it. We love these guys 😉 Happy Sunday<3
Pretty sure that is a katydid, named after their mating call they make at night. I’m sure you’ve heard them. Rasping, loud, “Katy…Katy…Katy-did!”
‘Ovi’- Latin for egg, -‘positor’ for position. In some insect species, there is a long tube which females use to drill into wood or the ground to deposit eggs. Grasshopper family: katydids, crickets, grasshoppers all have them. Certain wasps, too. Hope that helps! 🙂
Thank you, Eliza. I appreciate you sharing all of this information with us. I had wondered about the spike on the animal’s abdomen- now it makes perfect sense!
Always happy to share what I’ve learned. Teaching is one of our callings, yes? 🙂
Indeed it is 😉 That, and watching butterflies drink….
What striking images!
Thank you, Maria- I always think of you when these ginger lilies bloom. You photograph such lush, beautiful flowers. We get a bit of the ‘tropical flowering zone’ for a few weeks each summer ❤