Nature, Elk, and Popliteal Artery Aneurysms.
I took this photo last year in Yellowstone national park in Wyoming as a family of Elk came by to have lunch. I sat still, mostly as I did quietly took the picture. I had been for hours. I wasn't checking my cell phone, just sitting and observing everything. We forget that we, too, are nature. I had a fellow once who was full of energy, had lots of questions, and whose mind ran a lot faster than mine. My fellows get interesting assignments; some, who told me they never looked up at the stars, accompany me to a planetarium and a night sky watch, others I've had do a "Big Year" which is keeping a list of all the birds they see or hear over the course of their fellowship. They aren't allowed to graduate unless they turn in both a procedure log and a big year list. As an aside, Steve Martin and Jack Black made a really funny movie about their Big Year a while back. When you sit still long enough, without checking your phone, or a boo...