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Twist

 

 

“How slight a thing will disturb the equanimity of our frail minds!”

(Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist)

 

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Winter Cloak Moth

 

 

Yellow woolen doublet, silver grey breeches, fur lined cloak...

 

I think Lord Moth is ready for winter.

 

 

 

 

 

 Muslin Moth - Diaphora mendica  (♂)

 

 

I'm currently reading the 5th book of 'A song of Ice and Fire' by George R.R. Martin.

That explains it all...



Sit upon my tail and you will travel faster...

 

 

Remember this one?



 

 

Two weeks later, he or she got a bit bolder

 

 

 

I decided to sit near the entrance of the den for some time and waited for about an hour.

 

 

When I shifted position, because my leg started to cramp, it heard me.

 

 

But soon something else caught his eye...

 

 

Maybe in a few weeks it will get even bolder, so that I can see its tail.

 

 

''Sit upon my tail and you will travel faster.'

So he sat down and the fox began to run.

And away they went over stock and stone so quick that their hair whistled in the wind.'

(Grimm Brothers, The Golden Bird)

 

 

 

 

Raindrops

 

Perfectly still

 

this beauty likes to stay

 

 

like crystal so clear

 

 

 

and then the wind blows them away

 

 

 

 

 

 



Take a closer look

 

 

Look at the bark of a tree and sometimes you'll see moss.

So many different kinds...

 

If you peer beneath and around the bits and pieces of the moss, you'll see toads,

 small insects,

a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment.

A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber.

 

I see a living city.

 

(adapted from Sylvia Earle)