Bubbles in the Bathtub

My grandmother lives on about 20 acres of land in the middle of nowhere. Half of the land is wooded with a bluff and a creek running through the woods. The creek runs over the bluff creating a small waterfall. An extremely idyllic setting and one that I have been visiting since I was a teenager.

We spent a couple of days down at the bluff, building small damns, stomping around in the water, looking under rocks, and finding all kinds of critters. I took great pride in the interest my three-year old daughter had in all of the herps we found - salamanders, frogs, sometimes snakes and turtles, but not this time. It brought back memories of my own youth in those very same woods, tromping around and finding the same critters. And it made me realize that I've had an interest in herps my whole life without being acutely aware of it. Not a major life changing moment, but not something I had thought about before.

And to be perfectly fair to all the other animals out there, my daughter was equally fascinated with the cows and chickens at the farm on the other side of the road... :)