it's springtime here so it's a great time to see baby birds. the most easily spotted ones for us are ones swimming in the water, such as these charming mallard

mostly i use my toothbrush to brush my teeth but it can be used for other things- such as playing with shadows. so here's a curious shadow phenomenon i discover

the houses here in the center of town are built close together and most are quite close to the street. they are wooden and though old most of them have been mod

it is easy to recognize that a cormorant is immature because it has a much lighter belly than an adult. i am not completely sure which species this one is but i

two birds, one reflection here's a curious reflection, not so much because of what is reflected but more so what isn't. while there are clearly two terns in the

sometimes shadows can be quite surprising. when a group of 4 people are out walking together in the sun we may normally expect to see four individual shadows, o

Common Eider Somateria mollissima are resident sea ducks along the coast here. the unique shape of their heads give them a distinct fun personality or appeara

the mists of dawn often create a muted serene setting, especially near water. also at dawn the wind is often still on the water- ponds, lakes and rivers or even

the dry sand on the beach tends to become shaped in waves by the wind. when the sun is low, either sunrise or sunset the waves cast more or less rhythmic shadow

last autumn the neighbor engaged a painter to paint their house but the fellow was very busy and the weather was unfavorable so he didn't manage to complete the

books have been written about the traditional wooden boats in Norway and there are many aspects worthy of publicizing. the various coastal districts all have un

during our previous travels we had extra long layovers in Muscat due to the airline cancelling our connection flight. now some people may view that as a terribl

House sparrows Passer domesticus are perhaps the most common birds we see here, certainly in the top 3. although the scientific name seems to suggest they are

.we tend to rely on photographs to be accurate representations of reality and while photographs rarely directly misrepresent reality sometimes they can be misle

we were visiting a friend at their cabin recently and @hindavi became interested in these two bird figures. when she positioned them this way i noticed the cute

here are a couple of shots from some pools along the rocky southern Norwegian coastline. it was a special day with near perfect conditions so i took quite a few

sometimes there are quite interesting shadows among the cars parked along the streets in town. this is from the street where we live, but in the center of town.

we keep water out for the birds in several places in the garden. perhaps the most visited is in front of the house where there are different sized bowls situate

once it gets over the neighbours trees the morning sun shines on the front of our house. there's a kadappa stone table with 4 matching stools just to the right

Before it empties into the Arabian Sea, Tiroda Creek widens into a tropical wetland area that is partly marsh and partly swamp, mangrove and otherwise. it's a n