Photo and Commentary ©2026 by Maylan Schurch
Sunday, May 31, 2026
I always grin, or get a good feeling, whenever I see an anthill like the one above in a sidewalk crack. I snapped its photo earlier this week.
I also find myself stunned by what needs to happen for these construction projects to appear. What causes the ants to sense an impending rainfall a few days in the future? What enables them to collaborate in unity with such patience and precision?
A day or two after I snapped this photo, a gentle misty rain did indeed fall, moistening these little hills into flat smudges of mud. But they did their work when it was needed.
Fortunately, the divine Designer of these ants has some encouragement for humans who are concerned about what lies ahead, and who want to be prepared. You’ll find a lot of it at the link just below: