I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise to most (especially those following me on twitter). Silent-Butterfly.com is going GREEN. Not only is it going green in the most obvious way; by layout colour, but from now on I’m going to (try to, I always seem busy) blog about having a green lifestyle. For me [...]

On April 20, 2010 there was an explosion on an oil platform. This explosion is better known as the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion. Unfortunately this explosion killed 11 workers and injured 17 others. And my thoughts and prayers go out to those injured in the blast and to the families of those who died [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]