I was outside yesterday doing the daily yard cleaning (two large dogs) when I looked up and saw the sun reflecting off the porcelain insulators carrying the power lines overhead. By the time I ran inside for my camera . . . and changed the batteries 
. . . the porcelain had lost a bit of its glossy sheen. But still, it’s a nice photo, so I wanted to share it.
I’d never noticed insulators before. They are pretty, aren’t they? When I first moved here about seven years ago, a neighbor told me her husband collects insulators. I guess they aren’t all the same. And I’ll bet most people, if they saw one on display in someone’s home, would have no idea what they were. Interesting hobby.
I like to know the names of things because it makes me feel more connected to what I see/experience of the world around me. I had to look really hard to find out what those “white things on the power lines” were called. That’s why I love the Internet! Made me feel ridiculously smart when I figured it out