microscopic relatives

Imagine these bouncing around inside your nostrils. No wonder pollen makes people sneeze. This particular grain looks a lot like one of our dog's play toys.

These grains above are gathered around an air bubble that got stuck between the microscope slide and the cover slip. The flowers don't look at all like the pollen grains!

Good thing, too. If the flowers looked like the pollen grains, they would look like badminton racquets, which don't look like flowers at all.

Here is part of a bug's leg.That's it for now.