After a period of abundant blooming in spring, the elderberry tree in my yard produces tons of juicy, dark berries in July. A few weeks ago, a flock of starlings came to feed on them.

There isn't much left to write in this post. The title says it all. Or almost.

I spent some time around the roundabout that day. It happened last year, the bearish 2024. In winter. In the mildly cold and deeply boring January of southern Istria.

I spend some time around the fig trees in my yard from time to time. Not every day - only when I feel the need to search for insects and other small things to observe and photograph through the macro lens.

Nesactium is an important archaeological site, a place where a Roman town once stood, and a pre-Roman one before that. But this isn't a post about that aspect of Nesactium. (Enlargeable)

The pomegranate tree in my yard looked great in June.

There is an obscure little movie with a small, probably passionate fan base and loads of low ratings and bad reviews all over Internet.

The year was 2024. I was there last time only a year ago, in winter. (Enlargeable)

In the last two weeks of June this year, I took a few visits to the shrubby area between Medulin, my hometown, and the nearby village of Pomer, situated only a couple of kilometers further west along the

In the last fifteen years or so, the mid to end of February is the time for me to repair a few things on my car to make it ready to pass the annual roadworthiness test. On the 14th of February 2923, I

A short summer storm passed this way a few days ago. (Enlargeable)

In the second week of May, Anthemis arvensis, a plant that covers large areas in Palera, has produced an impressive multitude of flowers. Palera is a place where quite a few of my posts from April and

Two weeks ago, my hometown was the home to an event that included many bikes, bikers, and plenty of heavy rock n'roll music that is rarely heard in public places nowadays. In my neiberhood, the bikes sounded

In this post, I'll present what I found and photographed on a few occasions at the end of April and the first days of May. I used to visit one of the roadside meadows between the villages of Shishan and

It happened on the first of January 1980, according to the file metadata of the JPEGs I used to illustrate this post. In reality, the photographs you'll see here were taken more or less a month ago, in

I can't tell you when exactly the photographs in today's post were taken. I mean, it was in May, that much I do know; in the first half of May this year, probably. Something is wrong with the part of my

A month ago, in the first week of May, I spent half an hour observing the flowers and pollinators on one of the shrubs that form hedges on the edge of the meadows.

Yesterday, about six o'clock in the afternoon, I drove about six kilometers to one of the meadows near the village of Shishan. I spent a few hours there searching for interesting details. (Enlargeable)

Crataegus monogyna, commonly known as the common hawthorn or whitethorn, is a flowering plant that grows as a shrub or small tree, and is often found among other shrubs and small trees that form dense

Yeah, let's do it. It could be fun. In an educational, geeky way. I photographed a ton of poppies this spring. I took portraits of a single flower and photographed groups of them peaking from the surrounding