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munch bunch
My son noticed these little eating machines (also known as Birch Sawfly larvae, Cimbex femoratus, as I was to subsequently discover) which were systematically ingesting a leaf on one of the Silver Birches in our back garden last week with quite stunning e… -
hanging around at lunchtime
www.rte.ie/news/2009/0818/6news_av.html? 2596131 (You'll need RealPlayer installed to view the news clip above from Irish TV broadcast on 18/8/09 "Cavorting caterpillars") Rush Hour at the Salad Bar -
rush hour at the salad bar
www.rte.ie/news/2009/0818/6news_av.html? 2596131 (You'll need RealPlayer installed to view the news clip above from Irish TV broadcast on 18/8/09 "Cavorting caterpillars") Rush Hour at the Salad Bar -
a sense of scale...
Each Sawfly Larva is less than a cm long... www.rte.ie/news/2009/0818/6news_av.html? 2596131 (You'll need RealPlayer installed to view the news clip above from Irish TV broadcast on 18/8/09 "Cavorting caterpillars") Rush Hour at the Salad Bar -
As long as space endures
As long as space endures. And as long as sentient beings exist. Until then, may I too remain. To dispel the miseries of the world. Shantideva (8th century) -
your life
Spending all your life trying to achieve ordinary worldly goals would be like to net fish in a dry river-bed. Clearly understanding this, make a firm decision not to allow your life to pursue such a useless course. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche -
LET THE EARTH BEAR WITNESS
They shall be remembered forever They shall be alive forever They shall be speaking forever The people shall hear them forever Let the sea bear witness Let the wind bear witness Let the earth bear witness Let the stars bear witness LET THE EARTH BEAR WI… -
No Faith in Faith (Don't let the Sun set on Reason)
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense. (Voltaire) Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. (Seneca the Younger) A casual stroll through the lunat… -
strange sun
The question is not to know what is the meaning of life, but what meaning I can give to my life. 14th Dalai Lama -
Dissolve
Just as clouds form, last for a while and then dissolve back into the empty sky, so deluded thoughts arise, remain for a while and then vanish in the voidness of mind; in reality nothing at all has happened. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche -
two boys & a tree against the sky
My son & a friend near my home in Ireland... -
An Angel's Heart was broken but not her Spirit
Remember Neda Agha-Soltan & all the innocent victims of Iranian state terror. The Basij militiaman shot Neda through the heart, murdering her in a brutal & unprovoked attack on Kargar Avenue in Tehran last Saturday. She was buried at the Behesht-e Zahra… -
E=mc²
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. Alber… -
Braun aber nicht Brownian
“I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before” Robert Mapplethorpe BMW Welt, Munich. -
one small step at sunset
Karls Platz, München. Unprocessed jpeg, cropped only.
