history reflected

spent a couple go lovely, warm days in the heart of history. i love this city.

caribbean queen(s)

as fall is getting darker and colder memories like these warm my soul. almost a year ago by now, still in fond memory also for the two little queens.

(soundtrack fittingly enough; billy ocean – caribbean queen, which in europe was released as “european queen”)

praise

we reach for the stars.

don’t turn your back on mother earth

because her hands of time are strong, and they reach far.

camouflage

in its natural environment, mother nature did a good job with the camouflage.

the butterfly effect

is what we call the uncontrollable instinct any photographer gets when a butterfly passes by, to grab a camera and with bent back run after the ever moving colorful little creature. this one at least had the curtesy to be still for a second! now i need a rest and some water…

i believe this a swallowtail of some sort, potentially a pipevine swallowtail, if anyone knows and can enlighten me – please do!

a new species found!

this is sensational, i have discovered an until now unknown species, a relative to the praying mantis (mantis religiosa) which i have named conducting mantis (mantis conductae). call national geographic…

solar eclipse

sequence shot in natahala national park, north carolina, on august 21 this year. awesome to experience!

strike a pose

4 years, and already a great poser. big sis is more reluctant.

castle in the gray

outside doolin this fantasy castle resides on a hill, surrounded by flowers and green green grass. couldn’t get closer as it was private property, but at least it made good ground for fantasies…