NOT a sad post, I promise!

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While pottering around in my garden this morning before it got too cold out there, I found a nest of these itty bitty teeny tiny little baby garden snails! They were all lined up along the leaves of one of my daffodils (which are coming up all over the place all of a sudden! It's MIDWINTER, for cryin' out loud!). Now normally any snail I find usually finds itself offered as sacrificial victim on the birdfeeder. These guys wreck utter havoc on my garden.  Well I couldn't put BABIES up there now, could I! So, I took them inside, took some happy snaps and then yeah I know this is lame, but I let them go again. I know, I know. I have kept 6 so I can play a bit more with photography. Currently they are in a jar on the kicthen bench with some yummy yummy leaves to gnaw on. Hope you guys like the pics. Macro and I are FRIENDS!


Looks like every freeway in the world, really, doesn't it? :-)


This little guy is a free-thinker, rebel without a cause!


reach for the horizon, little fella!


I love their colouring, makes it a pleasure to such shoot them in natural light only




If you kids don't stop fighting back there I swear to god....






I loooove this one. Not PS'ed barr cropping, I swear on my life!


That's it, I'm outta here....Pacifist snail prefer to slide away from confrontation


Oh my god he is soooooooo damn cute! Only MAYBE a cm long. Tiny!!!!!


Sam and Sugar knew their love was forbidden, they could steal a little private timeonly  when everyone else was too busy to notice their absence


Don't ask how I got it this clear, I don't know :-) Macro and I are just good friends :-D


Wow look! HE'S REARING! WOOOOOOO! Go you mad crazy psycho snail!!!!!



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