The Elation Of Seeing Baby Birds Growing Up

https://imgur.com/l30sskQ Stop trying not be elated! 2024 has been a complicated year for me. For my own personal development, for making new wonderful friends, for having some of the most amazing experiences of my life, it's probably the best year of my life. But, looking at the state of the world this year, I've also … Continue reading The Elation Of Seeing Baby Birds Growing Up →

Magnificent Leaping Aliens, Encounters With Grasshoppers

https://imgur.com/bW163Ff I'm from Earth, I Swear! I'm a big fan of a type of science fiction called speculative evolution, this is where a writer, and often times they are also an artist, designs creatures that do not exist, but are realistic in the sense that they are based on our understanding of biology and evolution. … Continue reading Magnificent Leaping Aliens, Encounters With Grasshoppers →

An Encounter With An Extremely Happy Bumble Bee (Assuming Bees Experience Happiness)

https://imgur.com/2bAM09x Look at how happy that bee is! This post will contain most of the photos from one of my absolute favourite encounters with a bumble bee. It gave me such joy that even when I'm quite old and bald as a cue ball (joking! I've been as bald as a cue ball since I … Continue reading An Encounter With An Extremely Happy Bumble Bee (Assuming Bees Experience Happiness) →

A Joyous Encounter With An Orange Legged Furrow Bee

https://imgur.com/eRpAtAq This one right here. Most of my photography wildlife trips take me to the Glen River Park. It's quite near my house, so I don't even have to bike over there, just a short walk. It's a wonderful, though neglected place. Neglected because there is constantly kids setting fire to the gorse, and the … Continue reading A Joyous Encounter With An Orange Legged Furrow Bee →

The Somewhat Long Winded Story Of How I Got Really Into Bird And Bug Photography

Note: In order to save on costs I've had to start uploading all relevant images outside of WordPress. For reasons that have me completely stumped, and when I say that I mean I've spent hours trying to fix the problem, the images, which I feel are an integral part of this post, simply refuse to … Continue reading The Somewhat Long Winded Story Of How I Got Really Into Bird And Bug Photography →

A Most Excellent Cycle To Kilcrea Castle And Ballincollig Regional Park

The weather is getting better and it’s time to get out a lot more. This time of year can actually be a bit bittersweet for me, because I have quite bad travel anxiety. During the Winter I don’t mind not traveling anywhere, because, it’s Winter. I think, like many people, the thought of going more … Continue reading A Most Excellent Cycle To Kilcrea Castle And Ballincollig Regional Park →

Iceland, My Favourite Place That I’ll Probably Never Visit Again

Mt Esja seen over the water from Reyjkavik In July 2009, I spent a wonderful week in Iceland, staying in the capital city of Reyjkavik but also getting out to see the amazing countryside. It wasn’t long before I was planning in my head to go on another trip there of at least two weeks, … Continue reading Iceland, My Favourite Place That I’ll Probably Never Visit Again →

Distance

Something that has always given me a strong sense of calm, and often a strong sense of wonder, is seeing something that is very far away. Being on top of a hill, or a mountain, and seeing a far off village, or town, or other mountain, that might take as much as a day or … Continue reading Distance →

Seeing An Asteroid For the First Time

The Asteroid Vesta, For Some Reason It Looks Like A Satellite, Astronomy Sketching Can Be Weird Sometimes I’ve seen many types of astronomical objects over the years, galaxies, open clusters, globular clusters, and a small few nebula. I’ve seen craters on the moon with hills inside them. I’ve seen the surface of Mars. I’ve seen … Continue reading Seeing An Asteroid For the First Time →

A Most Pleasant And Relaxing Cycle To Bridgetown Priory, Except For That Hill Where I Thought I Might Conk Out

April 2017 was a great month for my cycling. I was working in a place where I only worked Monday to Wednesday, so what I would often do was, get up early on the Thursday, go on an adventure, and have a three day weekend to recover from my excursion. Luckily the weather was good … Continue reading A Most Pleasant And Relaxing Cycle To Bridgetown Priory, Except For That Hill Where I Thought I Might Conk Out →