Tiny creatures

Yay, we're back from a little vacation in Maine, land of lobster and lighthouses.  While we enjoyed relaxing at the slower pace up north, there were plenty of little tidbits to keep us on our toes.

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We must have spent nearly a minute trying to figure out if this mushroom was some woodland creature that decided to crawl up into a little ball, ashamed that it did not make the varsity team.  In the end, we decided not to disturb it and took the other path.

It was easy to encounter many more of the little one's colleagues in Acadia National Park, where they really seemed to flourish.
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Sadly, these two lovebirds did not survive, and therefore get the monochromatic treatment.
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