Leftovers from last night's storm

Right under her nose
London, ON
June 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram

I stared at the ceiling for much of the night listening to apocalyptic rains pound the house. I figured if we were about to float away, I should at least be awake for it.

By morning the storms had largely passed us by, leaving behind tiny droplet-painted surprises like this one as the dog stepped gingerly out onto the front porch and took in the scene.

In fact, Calli the Wonderschnauzer was the one who sniffed this particular one out with her superpowered nose. If not for her, we would have missed it entirely.

In the end it isn’t much, a leaf covered with water that probably evaporated faster than it took to write about this encounter. A trivially ephemeral moment on a planet seemingly overflowing with countless more like it.

But if we fail to take the time to appreciate seemingly inconsequential snippets like this, what else are we missing along the way?

And who gets to define what’s worth being remembered, anyway?

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