I’ve discovered a few things recently that I find surprising.

Playing with flashlights and long exposures is fun.

light painting

Dinosaurs frolic amongst the fence posts. They frolic with Santa, too, but Santa didn’t show up until after I took these photos.

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Giraffes in captivity lick everything — each other, trees, fences, everything. And they drool like crazy.

lickers

My shoelaces look like tasty worms.

shoelace snack

Pigeons can be scary.

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The shadow of my upper arm is freakishly skinny.

Adventure

My nephew is fearless.

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And the thing I find most surprising of all? That on a sunless rainy day like today…I feel happy and contented.