Perfect circle

Posted on 21/02/2012 by walkingthecat

Apologies for not posting in so long — just a combination of workload, illness and general loss of momentum…

I will try to do better — not necessarily in the next few days as I’m working on a looooong, yet urgent project while preparing for a vacation at the same time. I hope to be back on schedule by mid-March, hopefully with some interesting underwater photos, and I will try to squeeze in a few post before we leave.

Today was only the second or third time this entire winter that I had to shovel snow (which I don’t actually mind doing) and I was rewarded with some instant art.

Drain cover, transformed

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hidden

Posted on 29/10/2011 by walkingthecat

These were taken on our first day in Bhutan last year. We had just arrived and decided to just hang out at the guest house for a while to recover from the travel. I took the camera and explored the grounds a bit when I came across these unremarkable-looking, brownish-greyish butterflies:Except that then one of them gave the game away: I don’t have better photos, unfortunately — these guys clearly know that they attract attention when they open their wings and prefer a life in obscurity. (But they definitely made us decide to invest in a macro lens.)

If anyone can put a name to them, I’d be most grateful. This would be a species that is comfortable living at high altitudes and fairly chilly temperatures in the Himalayas.

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Evening Sky With Cherry Tree

Posted on 26/10/2011 by walkingthecat

Just thought I’d share this impression from my evening walk with Isla. I really liked the paper cut-out quality of it, in addition to the colour. Unfortunately, it’s only an fuzzy cellphone snapshot — I really should listen to the Husband and always take the camera along… Hope you like it anyway.

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