"Nature" Archive

Happy Earth Day

I can see some of you rolling their eyes already. Ooh no, not another ‘greenie’. But yes, another greenie. Today is Earth Day, so it makes perfect sense to post about it.
I’ve always loved nature and cared for the environment. But just caring isn’t enough, everyone needs to take action to protect it. If we [...]



Photo Friday; Difficult Shot

This week’s Photo Friday challenge is ‘Difficult Shot’. Since this is a pretty broad subject, because it an be basically everything, I went through a lot of my photographs but decided to go for one I took just a few days ago with the macro lens.
This shot is difficult for me for a few reasons, [...]



A Bug’s Life

After picking up my macro objective for my camera this morning, I had to test it. I just couldn’t resist leaving it unused until tomorrow so instead of doing the things I was supposed to do (such as house work) I went outside on the hunt for some bugs.
I really have to get used to [...]



Weather Perils

It’s really cold outside at the moment, with temperatures below 0 C. Of course I shouldn’t complain because it’s so much colder than it is here in many parts of the world but we immediately went from relatively warm days with rain to freezing temperatures.
And it wouldn’t be so ‘bad’ if I could just sit [...]



Shock, Fury, Tears and Relief

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, The Netherlands, and particularly the north area received a weather alarm. A big storm was announced and an alert was put out for rising flood waters.
I think it’s safe to say that the whole country was shocked to find a hundred horses stuck on a knoll surrounded by [...]