Bagdad, California II

Here's the lone recognizable structure in Bagdad, California. It's a natural structure, a desert tree, which is somehow comforting, since a hundred years of railroad town has disappeared without a trace while, on the other hand, nature has gone on its way, fiddling around, representing itself pretty well without even breaking a sweat.

One of the thoughts that can always make my head spin is the realization that the sun is really just a big star hanging there, right there in the sky. Of course, it happens to be a pretty close star to us here on this planet, but it obviously looks a great deal different from the stars that we see at night. If this doesn't blow your mind a little and if you're thinking this is a lame excuse for a blog entry, just go back to work and pretend all this never happened. But, if it does, take a moment to be thankful for the immaculate balance of this place we live in and, if you're feeling ambitious, be thankful for life.

Anyway, those are the things I was thinking about when I took this picture.