What's in my hand?
A giant puffball, the first we've ever picked...and eaten.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNu9eZFn6G3CmmiTifJPIsKh1HqIaDCu5ZN8RejFAs7y6AV7Svf0CS-iC7iKBbcNM937zYePBvzQ0lRGn7SVf5Vs-p6mCWZ4nV-80nvMMvfA8vM1Em6ULTgqRdnsQQunZkhnV2FA/s400/Puffball.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C9O5hRsGqnJvq_LpAEHR7LDOOBvR6CKImd3xVeleCkid5Al5XH0agHuRpc16ls9X_iajmF2-Jqf7dek2TLauk-LxOO1PSdFChi07Ct_qccciWH6HHIUq9i4NeLwzx1BMGMmgpg/s400/Puffball-sliced.jpg)
What's not in my hand?
The other giant puffball kicked into a hundred bits by a previous ignoramus.
What's in my hand?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnKFWtSeSEwcb70_l-LNwbQ72Pl-nG-711LHfUnnsW04tb6Eo-CdhrI3yoN1nmdqEh2EJkUoGp7MaM-RzBpV42bbNraGv2p4Tpex-rutzWJOFzUaCWId-YpvWOnL45R4UE0K1Xw/s400/jay-feather.jpg)
A blue jay wing feather, twinkling on the ground, bright as the summer sky.
What's not in my hand?
Two sleek copper roe deer, a hind and a buck, cutting across our path. Disappearing into the birch woods, whickering softly to each other.
What's in my hand?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcsqAwqi4dB2UcyKY6SKyASnr_s5SV4GS5fhjyCbaAbPPaXfRqD4cns-XDoc1xXprZ5avVfiYq5IqiP_pAVk1P1hUbQBVryCHClS2YWZy4fltm1S_toto0vAnOa5FVhm7DbYJ9A/s400/rasps.jpg)
Tiny wild raspberries, sweeter than mere rubies.
What's not in my hand?
The sleepy corn fields of Oxfordshire, nestling warmly under the sinking Sun.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYLhbq2hDUeHhcYD4l63qU4naBFTlFvWNGl2g75dsEodolJghw-vMMY110F3ij8zTTX5dQL0x89t-CTSEn9cr4FWOlsd7L1nV7EJmM2qzUljLHICp8QPlmIes_rLB_NDbkejK3A/s400/field-view.jpg)
A giant puffball, the first we've ever picked...and eaten.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNu9eZFn6G3CmmiTifJPIsKh1HqIaDCu5ZN8RejFAs7y6AV7Svf0CS-iC7iKBbcNM937zYePBvzQ0lRGn7SVf5Vs-p6mCWZ4nV-80nvMMvfA8vM1Em6ULTgqRdnsQQunZkhnV2FA/s400/Puffball.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C9O5hRsGqnJvq_LpAEHR7LDOOBvR6CKImd3xVeleCkid5Al5XH0agHuRpc16ls9X_iajmF2-Jqf7dek2TLauk-LxOO1PSdFChi07Ct_qccciWH6HHIUq9i4NeLwzx1BMGMmgpg/s400/Puffball-sliced.jpg)
What's not in my hand?
The other giant puffball kicked into a hundred bits by a previous ignoramus.
What's in my hand?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnKFWtSeSEwcb70_l-LNwbQ72Pl-nG-711LHfUnnsW04tb6Eo-CdhrI3yoN1nmdqEh2EJkUoGp7MaM-RzBpV42bbNraGv2p4Tpex-rutzWJOFzUaCWId-YpvWOnL45R4UE0K1Xw/s400/jay-feather.jpg)
A blue jay wing feather, twinkling on the ground, bright as the summer sky.
What's not in my hand?
Two sleek copper roe deer, a hind and a buck, cutting across our path. Disappearing into the birch woods, whickering softly to each other.
What's in my hand?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcsqAwqi4dB2UcyKY6SKyASnr_s5SV4GS5fhjyCbaAbPPaXfRqD4cns-XDoc1xXprZ5avVfiYq5IqiP_pAVk1P1hUbQBVryCHClS2YWZy4fltm1S_toto0vAnOa5FVhm7DbYJ9A/s400/rasps.jpg)
Tiny wild raspberries, sweeter than mere rubies.
What's not in my hand?
The sleepy corn fields of Oxfordshire, nestling warmly under the sinking Sun.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYLhbq2hDUeHhcYD4l63qU4naBFTlFvWNGl2g75dsEodolJghw-vMMY110F3ij8zTTX5dQL0x89t-CTSEn9cr4FWOlsd7L1nV7EJmM2qzUljLHICp8QPlmIes_rLB_NDbkejK3A/s400/field-view.jpg)