Snail Porn

You never really know what's gonna show up on this ol' blog. Sometimes it's knitting, often times it's rats, now and again it's food. Today, it is Snail Porn.

I am endlessly fascinated by snail shells. I know a lot of people don't like snails because they like to munch on plants but me, I love 'em. I've even been known to pick up a snail off a sidewalk and relocate it to a snail friendlier location.

So I grabbed my camera at lunch and went out in search of snails. There's a park not far from where I work that always has snails. I may be the only person in the world that knows this. April Paddock, Snail Hunter. But look at all the different colors, aren't they amazing? And they go round and round and round.

This is why I burn up camera batteries like it's nobodies business, macro lens. Yes, I should probably get rechargeable batteries, I'll think about it. Where do all the designs on snail shells come from? Did you ever wonder about that? I suppose I could Google it but I'd rather believe it's just magic.

OK, enough with the snails. Yesterday we had an earthquake but it was only a 3.8'er. However, it was most appropriate since yesterday was also the 105th anniversary of the great San Francisco quake which occurred in 1906. What a coinkydink, eh?