Montag, 21. April 2014

microphotography...

... love the pics and would love to try but all the good stuff is incredibly !  expensive.
And I guess, as with Macro, it doesn´t make sense to try with less-good stuff because the results are too disappointing.



Sonntag, 6. April 2014

Freitag, 14. März 2014

love the news quiz, like the news quiz extra on BBC 4 extra even better.Very good for practicing english. My favorite at 16:00
"I used to eat fish"
"a pescatarian"
"no, a hypocrite"

Don´t have any problems with people who eat only fish or only chicken once a week or... just don´t pretend to be vegetarian.

Sonntag, 2. März 2014

More butterflies...

 Heliconius charitonius on Pentas
 Dryas Julia - the "flying dutchmen"
Eggs of the Zebra Butterfly
A site which shows the whole Metamorphosis

Eggs of the Zebra Butterfly
this time from Amsterdam

Samstag, 1. März 2014

love this site...

Micronaut 
It´s got fantastic scan electron photography, especially exited by the butterfly eggs.
Replaced Frans Lantings pics which had been up at my living room wall for ages today:
 Did a voluntary course on a scan electron microscope at Uni, one of the most rewarding weeks whilst studying.

Otherwise not too good today.

Mittwoch, 26. Februar 2014

Time "off" ...

... lots ! of stuff to do.

Kind of the best combination, I hope.

If I can find the time I really want to go to Amsterdam to see the two Butterfly houses there, one at the zoo and one at the botanical garden. Want and need to work on the Lepidoptera thing .


Then there is the MAJOR task of doing all the things at home which have been left undone in recent weeks.
All the everyday stuff which  has somewhat turned into a giant "to do" pile, starting from tyding up and cleaning the apartment and not ending with financial things...


But I also really want some time to walk the dog, read a book, watch the clouds, spend time with friends & family, do something silly, improve my photography...

5 days suddenly seem short... better turn off the computer and get started.