
Skye and I were walking the trail behind our house tonight when I spotted a grasshopper on a rock. I quickly focused my camera with the closest setting. As will often happen with digital pictures, when I put the image on the computer and brought it in even closer, it was the background rock that caught my eye not the grasshopper which can hardly be seen between the blades of grass.
Most of the granite rocks in our pasture have a red or pink tint and are fairly plain. This one exposed additional pieces of quartz as it made its journey from the north. I wrote last year about the valley and its interesting history of glaciers. That story can be found by clicking on Wakarusa Geology.