Gazing into the future is a skill that few possess. The rest of us are left gazing at the present, which often reveals itself in most mysterious ways. One drop of rain, for example, can capture our world like a tiny crystal ball. Or for some, the following pictures may be reminders of the snow domes of childhood. Only that these cannot be shaken, only rotated.

Water droplets on a CD reflecting a street lamp:

Not just drops in the bucket but clover reflected in morning dew:

This image of a garden, caught in its miniature form, was flipped so that it looks like a garden snow globe:

When the world seems upside down…

… just turn it around:

A colourful flower after the rain with drops reflecting what could be a balcony:

Think pink

This leaf here caught a whole field of pretty yellow wild flowers:

Window to the world – a yellow flower with the droplet reflecting it and its environment:

A house’s reflections raining down: