You may wonder what the little guy can do to make this a better place without getting retaliatory flags and die a noble Steemit death. To help you think about this, or rather think for you, as you want

This is the reddest dragonfly in The Netherlands, called broad scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea), vuurlibel in Dutch. I saw this one two days ago, and it was easy to identify, as it is the only dragonfly

Here are some of the violets I have come across on my walks. There are over 500 species of violets, and there are many cultivars, so I may have misidentified some of them. This tiny one is a field pansy

There are so many pigeons in our cities, most people ignore them, or even wish they'd go away. They are not at all ugly, though, and I would miss them if they were gone: Some prefer ducks, or at least

I wish. It is a stream, and it is very peaty, as it originates in the local peat bog, where it gets its fine colour. It looks great, but alas, no Islay connections, it is just water: It does form part

Don't encourage them, don't be complicit, and go in peace, or rather, read and resteem The Church of Piglet's Guidelines for the Little Steemian, and then go in peace, or in anger, as the case may be.

Wet Flowers: Caught water: Breaking Clouds: It's very muggy now here in The Netherlands. I am going to move as little as possible.

This is a noon fly (Mesembrina meridiana), schorsvlieg in Dutch: It looks quite sophisticated, as flies go, with its gold trimmings. Very gentlemanlike. In fact, this species mates, and lays eggs, in horse

First, it was goats ... ... and now this: Oh well.

This is quite an old joke, I just added a bit (to knock economists) and retell it here in my own words: A physicist, an economist, a mathematician, and an engineer, travelling together by train, cross

Safety

New: Photo Buying. Pay and Play! So you want to enter a photo into a competition, but you haven't got any that fit the theme? And be honest, who has photos for the theme "Sad Snails in B&W"

Shot on Ilford FP4+. That's film, which requires development and fixation. That's all, just showing off, move along.

Sleep in the shade of a tree, or perhaps two trees: Pick your nose: Laze about doing nothing in particular: Alert the herd when you spot an approaching photographer: Have lunch in the shade: Thanks for

Birch Root: It surfaced on a path, in just the right place for tripping over. Storm Damage: A branch that fell from a giant sequoia. I didn't know "redwood" was a misnomer; all I see is orange

NB This is just a slightly edited repost; please vote accordingly. It seemed appropriate to repeat it to draw your attention to this trending load of bollocks. Please follow the link and flag it, for Piglet's

I posted some nice Monet-ish photos of a field of lowers yesterday; here are some photos taken closer in to show What Was There, for your viewing pleasure: I don't know if the pink poppy and the white

This lamp hangs from the roof of the train station in Hengelo, The Netherlands, the same town where this old factory is I posted about yesterday. I think it's a beauty: This roof over he tracks was built

Bravely ignoring my diligently cultivated image of toxic masculinity*, I made these two photos to show you the most Monet-ty flower field I have ever seen in real life in The Netherlands: Thanks for watching!

The art exhibition we visited last Sunday took place in an old and disused factory complex. Halfway through I noticed a door that you weren't supposed to open which lead to an empty factory hall you weren't