ON A BLUE SUMMER DAY

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It wasn't so long ago ...

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... it was the end of summer, last summer, the year was 2020.

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I found this day, the 13. September 2020, compressed and nicely packaged in a little yellow folder appropriately named 13.9.20.

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According to these photographs ...

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... I spent quite some time on the beach ...

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... about 7 kilometers from home, near the seaside village called Liznjan.

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The weather was nice, the view was clear ... the distant land across the bay was visible in lovely shades of blue ...

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... the small white boat was on its way to the port ...

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... or some beach not far from the port of Liznjan.

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I was also exploring the coastal vegetation ... and I shot some flowers ...

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... this is the Cirsium arvense thistle ...

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... I found this small wasp on the composite flowers of the Achillea millefolium plant ...

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... and on the leaf of Plantago lanceolata, I found this interesting larva ...

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... of some green lacewing.

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The day was mostly sunny ... but ...

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... there was a commotion of darker blue clouds along the North - eastern horizon ...

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... and I could photograph the interplay of sunlight and cloud shadows above that part of the coastline ...

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... it looked like witnessing to some shifting, always changing landscape design.

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At some point I visited some green area further from the sea, but also near Liznjan ...

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... there I found an unexpected treasure ...

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... someone threw away a handful of thin, colorful threads ...

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... they looked pretty good on green vegetation ... and yes :) this was just garbage that shouldn't have been there ... but it was some highly decorative garbage, so kudos for unethical, environment unfriendly behavior with a sparkle of style and real talent.

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Some potter wasp has built a small nest not far from there ...

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... the Neoscona adianta spider was busy enveloping his prey ...

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... while this interesting, minuscule spider was resting at the edge of the web ... I see this species feeding on the remains of insects caught in webs of bigger spiders.

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This shot was taken on my way home ...

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... while passing through the village of Liznjan ...

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... a gang of pigeons was feeding on some tree by the road.

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Once back home I received a visit ...

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... my HIVE & real life friend denisdenis@denisdenis, currently a blogger, alchemist & fisherman, brought an interesting crab ...

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... when folded in defensive position it looks like some strange rock on the sea floor.

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This is the Calappa granulata crab ... that inhabits sandy areas from 20 to 400 meters deep.

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This is the most peculiar looking crab in this area ... it's pretty rare here, in the northernmost habitat of this species.

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When I was taking this photograph ... of the very interestingly shaped pincer that looks like some crested bird, I didn't see the insect in the shot ...

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... only early this morning, when I was preparing the photographs for the post, I noticed the wasp, the very common Vespula vulgaris ... it was a cool surprise, so I made this crop ...

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... and that's it ... these were the only photographs in the folder, so the day in this post has to end - THE END. As always in these posts on HIVE, the photographs are my work.

ON A BLUE SUMMER DAY | Ecency