Long Time...

 For those of you who have been waiting, longing and pining for my next post.  Here it is.

This is (as far as I can tell) the flower of a Carolina fanwort.  Zoom in and you'll see the spiderling about to "balloon".  A spiderling sends up a bit of spider silk, catches the wind and sails away to its new neighborhood.  The spider species is ... uh ... I don't know, it's hard to tell with little ones.

As for why it's been so long, bummed-outted-ness.  In a stupid accident, the drive with years of photos fell about three feet.  Backups are sporadic due to lack of funds.  Camera is failing, or lenses.  Definite bummed-outted-ness.  The data recovery is estimated to be between $800 and $900.

I'm still figuring out the whole emotional part of this event.