The photographs I'm about to show you in this post are quite old, but I never published them here on Hive. They were lying forgotten in one of the ancient folders I didn't feel the need to open for more

Yep, it's selfie time. (Enlargeable) Today, while shaving, I cut myself accidentally two times. Both litlle cuts ended up placed quite nicely, in a stylish, symmetric way. When I saw how it looked, like

Early this morning, I had some work to do in the town about fifty kilometers north of where I live. The name of that town is Zminj. (Enlargeable) It's a nice litlle town with some cool historical stuff

The weather wasn't too bad. It was predominantly sunny, with scattered clouds that were subduing the sunlight only from time to time, leaving plenty of well-lit minutes in between. But the warm, humid,

Araneidae is a large, cosmopolitan spider family that includes many species in most parts of the world. These spiders are commonly known as orb-weaver spiders or common orb weavers. The genus Argiope in

It happened quite a few winters ago. I took a walk to the bay here in my hometown. Throughout the day, the weather was changing, from sunny to heavy rain, then sunny again, and so on. It was late in the

Today I spent all my time in Marlera around only one plant. The scientific name of that plant is Dittrichia viscosa, and if you're wondering what Marlera is, well, here comes the answer to the question

I had to do some work in the city today, very early in the morning, so... (Enlargeable) ...so I took the opportunity to spend some time in a place on the outskirts of the city, later in the morning. It

The current series of warm autumn days here in my area keeps this series of nature-themed posts going at a steady pace. I haven't felt this good in years, so I hope it will continue at least until the

The weather is warm and sunny; autumn still feels like a second spring, so I drove to one of the meadows in the area between the villages of Liznjan and Shishan. I stopped by the side of the road, about

Yesterday, I finally found the time to get out of the house for a few hours and take a bunch of brand-new photographs in nature. I found a few insects and got close to some interesting plants, so today

Spiders from a few genera in the Thomisidae family are commonly called ground crab spiders. They are mostly brown and grey, but in many shades of those two colors, and are well camouflaged on the soil

It's early autumn right now. After a dry summer, nature here in my area has been revitalized by abundant rain, but I don't have enough time for outdoor activities, so I can't show you that nice October

Yes, this is a post about the spotted fritillary, a butterfly from the Nymphalidae family. The scientific name of the species is Melitaea didyma. Since Nymphalidae is the largest family of butterflies,

Look, I'm perfectly aware that what an ordinary breakfast is can vary from region to region or even from one time period to another, but I can confidently say my breakfasts have been quite ordinary lately.

Yes, this colorful species from the Pentatomidae family is kinda lovely. It is very similar to the Carpocoris purpureipennis, another species from the same family that appeared in many of my old posts.

It happened last year, in winter, at the end of March, if I remember correctly. The morning was pretty cold, but it was sunny. Things around me were fairly bright; the sky was extremely blue, and the colors

Butterflies in the large and varied Nymphalidae family are commonly known as brush-footed butterflies. There are quite a few distinct subfamilies in the family, with more than six thousand species, and

(Enlargeable) The price was great, but the place was hell. The permanently smiling motherfuckers in the travel agency promised a raw, natural experience, and sure, they delivered. (Enlargeable) Miss Dingleton

The scientific name of the species is Empusa pennata. The mantis shown in the photographs I prepared today is a nymph, a young, wingless individual that will undergo a bit of change before reaching its