it is said that an infinite number of monkeys tapping randomly on an infinite number of keyboards would eventually type out the exact script of Hamlet. The image above is certainly less remarkable than that, but really, now many people have made a corsage out of some pretty leaves and fall flowers, only to discover that the leaves were goldenrod and the flowers were not flowers at all, but rather goldenrod midge galls, a tertiary gall type specific to goldenrod? i mean maybe not infinite, but the odds are pretty long.

goldenrod leaves in september accompanied by goldenrod midge galls

grass lake trails, shoreview, minnesota