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Category Archive: Nature

24 Jun

Bird on a wire

24 June, 2014 at 10:03 1 Comment
09 Feb

“And remember, the next scream you hear may be your own….”

Alfred Hitchcock Crows murdering at the University Clinic.
9 February, 2014 at 08:08 Leave a comment
05 Feb

Frost

At last
5 February, 2014 at 08:36 Leave a comment
24 Jan

We’re experiencing….

…berry mild weather at the moment…
24 January, 2014 at 08:17 1 Comment
08 Jan

Arson around….

Remember the 650 year old trunk of an ancient elm tree in the neighbouring village of Ober-Olm? Well, some pea-brained little twerps tried to set it alight the other night.…
8 January, 2014 at 08:30 Leave a comment
12 Nov

That time of year again….

12 November, 2013 at 12:40 1 Comment
24 Sep

Oh, what a tangled web we weave…#2014

24 September, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
23 Sep

Not that we have any mountains around here, of course….#2014

Mountain ash or rowan. Aka “Vogelbeere” = bird berry. (Avians eat the berries, don’t digest the seeds and deposit them on your car
23 September, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
06 Sep

Prey tell me……#1997

..what art thou storking out there on the Rhine? (Wasn’t sure of the avian family from that – 750mm lens – distance, so I was going to ask whether they…
6 September, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
01 Sep

Monthly Theme Day – September 2013 – Pink #1992

The only pink I normally ever see is when I’m dragged into a fashion store. Thank goodness for sandstone….
1 September, 2013 at 13:00 5 Comments
10 Aug

A surfeit of storks #1970

The recent plague of babies population explosion around here has left us with a surfeit of storks (I have it on v. good authority that that’s the collective noun.)  which…
10 August, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
31 Jul

Being green #1960

You’ll find insect hotels like this all over the place – the German Friends of the Earth organization has them on their website as a DIY kitset for €40. This…
31 July, 2013 at 13:00 4 Comments
22 Jun

Oh! You (Red (start))led me….#1921

This Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) chick took a breather on our garden furniture, much to the dismay of Mother who was chirping away and giving child a hurry-along. Not surprising,…
22 June, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
19 Jun

Well, I’ll bee darned……1918

Rocking through Gonsenheim on Sunday afternoon when a  gentlemen in white (with a veil, no less…) caught my attention. That and a small crowd. At a safe distance on the…
19 June, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
27 Apr

Breaking out #1879

An Avanacluia officinalis struggling against the weather.
27 April, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
27 Mar

Not being ageist at all… #1849

….but this, I believe, is Old Man’s Beard, currently the only distraction from an almost interminable greyness. And while we’re on the topic, I’ve discovered a new euphemism. No longer…
27 March, 2013 at 13:00 Leave a comment
08 Mar

About time we left…#1830

…. before this chappy (paper wasp, methinks) finally works his way though the roof support and the whole shebang comes crashing down
8 March, 2013 at 13:00 3 Comments
06 Mar

If this is Kina Beach….. #1828

….where are the bloody kina?
6 March, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
21 Feb

Bloody seagulls….#1815

An avian Dick Turpin at Mapua Wharf. Check tomorrow to see what the other gannet scoffed…. iPhone 4, by the way. And don’t say it was luck. This is a…
21 February, 2013 at 13:00 7 Comments
31 Jan

Hibernation #1794

Garden pots in the starting blocks, just waiting for the snow to go away, the sun to come and looking forward to being filled with homemade compohst [sic] for the…
31 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
23 Jan

Playing the Good Samurai #1786

Knee-deep in snow at the moment and the local sparrows are looking decidedly scrawny after being placed on a zero cal diet for a few days. Went out and bought…
23 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
05 Jan

Skeletal #1768

A winter sky through winter trees
5 January, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
19 Nov

“If you take my picture…#1721

…I’ll shit on your head. I’ll probably do it anyway”
19 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
16 Nov

I just let them fall…#1718

Not in Mainz, though. They had a cherry-picker and THREE (count them) workers removing autumn foliage, leaf by leaf. No wonder our city taxes are so high…..
16 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
30 Oct

Work beckons #1701

30 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
14 Oct

Perch – #1686

any spiny-finned, freshwater food fish of the genus Perca a solid measure for stone, usually taken as 198 inches by 18 inches by 12 inches any place or object, as…
14 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
27 Sep

Line up – #1669

“Now take your time. Does any of these creatures look like the one who shat on your head?”
27 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
29 Aug

Singing for their……#1640

..supper …er…. turtle. Phoebe and Rebecca are standing on what used to be the much-loved aquarium on Mapua Wharf before an arsonist munted it just under year ago. Little survived.…
29 August, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
27 Jul

Loot – #1607

It’s quite unbelievable what a mountain bike, bike gloves and a high level of tolerance to nettles and scratches will get you. Mirabelle plums and blackberries (a kilo in 2…
27 July, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
11 Jun

Empty nesters – #1565

Talk about ungrateful! Provide a family of blackbirds food and lodging (they even recycled one of my tea bags from the compost heap for the nest…) in our clipped box…
11 June, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
10 Jun

That reminds me… – #1564

Italy vs Spain tonight in the EM 2012. BTW. Did I mention that Germany thrashed ..er ..scraped home against Portugal yesterday? Little Miss Einstein certainly wouldn’t have..
10 June, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment