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Pareidolia - Lily's Lore Lingo par·​ei·​do·​lia  -  per-ˌī-ˈdō-lē-ə -ˈdōl-yə  the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. The scientific explanation for some people is pareidolia, or the human ability to see shapes or make pictures out of randomness. ( Merriam-Webster ) Read more about Pareidolia Back to Lily's Lore Lingo *** Join our Discord community! Submit your Stories and Suggestions Shop Lily’s Library   Subscribe for Post Updates Support the Blog   Follow Lily's Lore & Legends YouTube   Twitter Twitch Facebook Instagram Bluesky Threads Slasher   TikTok

We all know what pareidolia is, right? (If not, see image at end.) Well, I love to photograph tiny worlds and think about what tiny little life lives in them, and today, I captured a fairy. Now, I know, of course, that what is captured isn't the best focused, as I was in a rush, but I do have a few progressively worse angles showing the same little bit of faux fae. And I only noticed as I sit here on my Friday night, vibing to some YouTube tunes and zoning in on my photos from the moss growing under a leaky column at the gas station this morning. I wanted to see if anything was worth cropping and sharing, and I was thinking about what kind of little fairy life (how I consider all microlife) called this place home when I saw my gorgeous gray gal. I didn't want to lose any kind of resolution in trying to crop the photo (because we all know I'm tech-impaired with this stuff), so I took a screenshot. (Ok, I may not be sober, so this was easiest. And I'm home, not going anyw...