This decaying log covered in moss and lichens brought
Thich Nhat Hanh to mind.
"Our true nature is the nature of no birth and no death."
I was brought out of my reverie by a jackdaw overseeing a creek,
a huge, orange flying fish,
and one of the least compelling real estate signs ever created :)
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They went that-a-way.
A gnarly optical illusion.
Just gnarly.