Fun with morays, pt. II
WordPress doesn’t like too many photos today (is there a restriction I am unaware of?), so I split this post in two. Anyway, where were we? Oh right, my would-be-mate… ...he seemed quite disappointed...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Unfocused
This photo was taken about a year ago during a motorbike trip through the Engadine. We’d bought the macro lens for our new camera just shortly before the trip and as you...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Blue
Good reason to feel blue: Let’s face it — no fish will ever show. (Question to the bird experts: Are these egrets?)
View ArticleSurfacing
I have to apologize for being silent for so long — nothing special happened, just life. One achievement I can boast during the time that has passed, however, is that I overcame my dislike of diving in...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Growth
These photos were taken last June in the Alps, just on the Italian side of the border. I think we were somewhat above 2000 metres at this point. I like how there is growth as soon as the sun releases...
View ArticlePlus ça change
In January 2004, the not-yet-husband and I travelled to the Seychelles to celebrate a biggish birthday of mine — and the trip certainly lived up to our expectations. (Cue the Bounty bar commercial.)...
View ArticleIt’s all about attitude
Life is good in the excellently named Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge I have been thinking about birds lately — possibly because I managed to identify the orangey-red smudge on one of our old...
View ArticleThe Houseguest
From: Bloom County, The Complete Library, vol. II(C) Berkeley Breathed “Oh no …” I had entered the kitchen of our vacation bungalow on our first evening only to see something skitter away. Something...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Threshold
The Taj Mahal — a celebration of loss and remembrance Not strictly speaking a threshold perhaps, but definitely “a point of entering”. This photo was taken on my first trip to India in 2005 (which...
View ArticleTuesday night turtle — and a plea
A while back I promised more turtle pictures, so here is another photo taken in the Red Sea earlier this year. As you can see, turtles rather like to snack on the occasional jelly fish swimming by....
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