One of my highlights last year was hiking though a swamp with waders. My daughter and I had the good luck to help a film crew working on a TV show. They are trying to get a show on Discovery or a nature channel on reptiles and we went with them in search of snapping turtles. I started editing some video I shot last fall with an underwater camera and though it might make an interesting post.

Hiking through a swamp with waders was a fascinating experience, as I found myself stepping on layers upon layers of decomposing organic matter. Made me think about how everything in the swamp eventual dissolves into one, at least for a while….thus, the dichotomy of oneness vs. many-ness (e.g., Sadokai). Of course there is the metaphor of the lotus growing out of the mud of the swamp. The images I've posted are just studies and are really low res.

Gassho
BrianW