Check out this awesome seed pod.

It is about 6 inches long, and an inch and a half wide.

Let’s look at it closer.

Such a pretty color. Sort of like a fig, all purple and brown. I think it might be a honey locust. I’m not sure. It is way too big and too thick to be a redbud pod.

It is ripe. Here is a picture of it turned on the side. The seeds are trying to come out.

And another.

Yet another.

I kept trying to take a picture of just the seeds, but my camera wanted to focus on the ground instead.

Then I had to smell it. The smell was warm and a little musty. The seeds had rotted a little with all the rain. This pod had sat on the ground a while. The skin of the pod is very thick, but the shell had opened so the seeds could get out. This also means rain can get in. It smelled a little sweet, like honey.

It is good to stop and examine things anew – to see them and try them out. When was the last time you picked up something interesting off the ground and looked at it and smelled it? I hope you do so very soon. It is rewarding.