**The Blissful Adventurer is running about Italy at the moment so in his stead we happily endorse and support the work of the following blogger, Suzanne Rogers of awindowintothewoods. Please check out this post, leave comments for exchange with the author, and give their blog a read.**

Nature and Wildlife photographer from the United States. Now an author of a children's book about a three-legged deer. Honored to have had an image published in April 2012 by The National Wildlife Federation.

Blog name: awindowintothewoods
Name: Suzanne J. Rogers http://awindowintothewoods.com/about/

To blink, or not to blink. That is the question. In the blink of an eye,
our lives change. Sometimes for the better, sometimes…not.

Blinking can be a good thing…helps the eyes refresh themselves a bit. If you’ve been staring at a computer screen so long that you begin to think you can see a teeny-tiny man in there frantically connecting plugs and wires to teeny-tiny brains..it’s time to blink.

Sometimes,,,you’re really glad that you didn’t blink. Staring contests can be a good example of this.
If you have a ten year old and taking the trash out for a year is riding on this…DON’T BLINK.

If you’re being hypnotized by a very large cobra…DON’T BLINK.

If your daughter announces that she’s going to live in a hole in the
ground with her “objectionable” boyfriend…DON’T BLINK.

If you’re strapped into one of those eye exam chairs and the doctor is blinding you with a brilliant white light…DON’T BLINK. (and you thought the cobra was dangerous, these guys get very upset if you blink.)

And now for some very wonderful reasons not to blink….If I had blinked, I would have missed these….