A Jug Of Wine, A Loaf Of Bread, And Virtual Thou

Chinese Lantern Festival

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

THE UNIVERSE IS TRYING TO TELL YOU TO DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO JACANAS!!!

Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea), family Jacanidae, order Charadriiformes, Australia

photographs by Christopher Wynn & Roger MacKertich

African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus), family Jacanidae, order Charadriiformes, Kigali, Rwanda

photograph by Will Wilson

Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa), father with chick, family Jacanidae, order Charadriiformes, Mexico

In this photo, the yellow bone spur on the wing is visible. They use these to defend their chicks and themselves.

photograph by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) standing on a cabybara, family Jacanidae, order Charadriiformes, Panatanal, Brazil

photograph by Guilherme Battistuzzo

Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus), father with chicks, family Jacanidae, India

photograph by @samim_wildlife & @niroshansilvaphotography

Pheasant-tailed Jacanas (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), males getting spicy w/ each other, family Jacanidae, India

Star Trek The Next Generation "Skin of Evil"

Bonus, mid-conversation fall: