CALOPTERYGIDAE The Insect So Beautiful, It Was Named So After a few days of clouds, rain and cool temperatures, the warmth has begun to return. Today my daughters wanted to go swimming at the “pool” but the air temp wasn’t quite warm enough for me and the sun was occasionally blocked by clouds so IContinue reading “Calopterygidae: the insect so beautiful it was named so”
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While I was away
I’ve been away from posting yet again. I just can’t seem to sit down long enough and think about what to write. So today, after many weeks of contemplating on a change of this blog’s layout, I finally found one I liked. I have wanted this to focus on my pictures but I also wantedContinue reading “While I was away”
Bonfire night
On the last day in April, an old tradition of the bonfire brings together the communities throughout Sweden as well as other countries throughout Europe. This tradition has been handed down for millennium but it was given it’s name “Valborg” after the English Christian missionary Saint Walburga from the 8th century. I have read thatContinue reading “Bonfire night”
A visitor not often seen
Last year our region was stuck by wildfires. Many acres of forest burned and required a lot of assistance from neighboring countries to help extinguish it. This past winter, we saw an increase in Great Gray Owl sightings. I for one witnessed this during one of my aurora expeditions when a Great Gray Owl flewContinue reading “A visitor not often seen”
March 28 Aurora
I had some time to finally write a blog post. I also found it timely since the aurora season is coming to a close as summer approaches and I could summarize the season. I had been anticipating this night because the weather prognosis was good for clear skies, but I wasn’t going to get myContinue reading “March 28 Aurora”
