Contentment by design - Living

It pays to look up when out wandering around. We had a big wind storm last night that blew a lot of the autumn leaves off the trees, revealing this amazing wasp nest hanging a few feet above our heads. It's about a foot long from bottom to top.

I thought it must be pretty heavy until I took a closer look at the very thin branch it's hanging from. I love it that some leaves are sticking out right from the sides of the nest. I also love the shape of the nest and the striped pattern.

The cone actually has a curve to it, which makes it look a bit like the wasps who created it. Nature is so amazing!

(Are you as curious as I was about what a wasp nest looks like inside? Check out this video from the "What's Inside ?" gang: What's inside a Giant Wasp Nest? And here's a time lapse of wasps making a nest, which helps explain the stripes: Wasp nest time lapse.)